Commonwealth v. Kizer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Donald Kizer in 1961 entered a guilty plea to a charge of robbery and was sentenced to a minimum of four and a maximum of eight years imprisonment. On June 16, 1966 Kizer filed the first of his three petitions under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1966); this petition was denied by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Lackawanna County and this denial affirmed without opinion by the Superior Court. The second petition was filed on August 3, 1966 while the first was pending before the…