Commonwealth v. O'DONNELL

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

On July 3, 1973, appellant Daniel F. O’Donnell entered a counseled plea of guilty to the charge of murder generally. After a degree of guilt hearing, the court found appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to three to ten years imprisonment. Appellant did not appeal his conviction. On October 21, 1974, appellant filed a counseled petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1 [hereinafter “the Act”], alleg ing that his guilty plea was unlawfully induced by impermissible threats of his trial counsel. The PCHA court dismissed the…