Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 31, 1979No. 110 Special Transfer DocketPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Louis Clinton Thomas appeals from an order which denied his P.C.H.A. petition without hearing and without appointment of counsel. We affirm.
Appellant was convicted of first degree murder in 1966. The trial court granted a motion for new trial, however, and appellant was re-tried in 1969. Again he was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Post trial motions were denied, and appellant was thereafter sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed. Commonwealth v. Thomas, 448 Pa. 42, 292 A.2d 352 (1972).
On October 7, 1976, appellant filed a pro se petition for post…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. KochSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. LaSaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mickens-Thomas v. VaughnDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- G. Wallace v. B. Tritt, SuperintendentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016