Commonwealth v. Miller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*439KELLY, Judge:
Appellant, Charles Miller, appeals from the denial of his third Post Conviction Hearing Act petition after appointment of counsel but without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Appellant shot and killed Arthur James Ruth in 1948. He pled guilty to murder generally, was found guilty of first degree murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken from judgment of sentence.
Eighteen years later in 1967, appellant filed a pro se PCHA petition making numerous general allegations of constitutional violations by checking boxes on a PCHA…
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