Commonwealth v. Floyd

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Manderino,

Eugene Floyd, appellant, was convicted of first degree murder in 1958. Post-trial motions were timely filed, but later withdrawn. Appellant was sentenced to *367life imprisonment. In 1965, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the voluntaré ness of his confession. Belief was denied and this Court affirmed. Commonwealth ex rel. Floyd v. Rundle, 424 Pa. 645, 227 A. 2d 497 (1967).

In 1968, appellant filed a PC HA petition alleging that he had been denied his right to appeal the judgment of sentence. Appellant asserted that he withdrew his…