Commonwealth ex rel. Slebodnik v. Myers

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County denying a writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, James Slebodnik, without a hearing. The appellant on May 22, 1959, entered a plea of guilty to fifteen indictments charging burglary and larceny. He was sentenced to a term, of five to ten years. This petition was for the purpose of securing his release from the State Correctional system. The only question involved in this appeal is whether he was denied due process by not being represented by counsel at the time he entered his plea of…