Commonwealth v. Saddler

KREIDER, P. J.,

Petitioner, Andrew Lee Saddler, having pleaded guilty to a charge of murder, was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment on March 15, 1957. He was represented by counsel retained by his foster-mother. No post trial motions were filed nor was an appeal taken.

More than eight years after his sentence, petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and subsequent petitions of like nature which enabled him to run the gamut of the State and Federal judicial systems in his attempt to get the relief he seeks. He has been…