Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 12, 1965, Appeal, 297 (Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

The facts of the case before us need be presented only in their brief essentials. In 1940, Leon Butler was arrested and, during his arrest, confessed to murder. Butler had no counsel at his preliminary hear

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ing, although two court-appointed attorneys represented him when the case was tried before a jury on defendant’s plea of not guilty.