Commonwealth v. Orr

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of murder generally in 1967, and was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a three judge panel. In 1968 a PCHA petition was filed alleging that appellant’s confession was involuntary, that his guilty plea was unlawfully induced and that counsel was ineffective. A hearing was held before Judge Guerin, one of the judges on the original sentencing panel; the petition was subsequently dismissed. This appeal is from that dismissal. In addition to reiterating the issues presented in the original petition, appellant also…