428 Pa. 402 | Pa. | 1968
Opinion
In 1954 appellant was sentenced for a series of offenses including several charges of burglary, larceny, and firearms violations. Some convictions were ob
The subject of this appeal is Williams’ second attempt to obtain state collateral relief—a Post Conviction Hearing Act petition filed in February of 1967. The post-conviction trial court denied this petition based on its belief that, since the matters asserted in the first petition were identical to those asserted in the second, appellant was not entitled to a hearing. The Superior Court affirmed without opinion and we granted allocatur.
The Commonwealth admits in its brief that Williams’ allegations in both petitions,
The order of the Superior Court is reversed. The order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County is vacated and the record remanded to that
Williams alleges that the following constitutional deprivations occurred during his various trials and/or guilty pleas: (1) denial of the effective assistance of counsel; (2) denial of his right to appeal and the assistance of counsel therefor; and (3) admission into evidence of a coerced confession.