Commonwealth ex rel. Romano v. Banmiller

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The relator was tried for a felonious homicide committed in the course of a robbery and was convicted by the jury of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial was refused and judgment of sentence was entered on the verdict. On appeal to this court, the judgment of sentence was affirmed (Commonwealth v. Romano, 392 Pa. 632, 141 A. 2d 597), and the relator was duly committed to the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, where he is now confined, for the service of his sentence.

On the relator’s petition for a writ of…