Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John VELTRE (two cases)
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1977-12-01
Citations: 475 Pa. 285
Docket Number: Nos. 88 and 100
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John VELTRE (two cases).
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 475
Pages: 285–287

Head Matter:
380 A.2d 356
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John VELTRE (two cases).
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Sept. 26, 1977.
Decided Dec. 1, 1977.
James J. Conte, Asst. Dist. Atty., Greensburg, for appellant.
Leonard A. Redlich, Redlich, Cassol, Redlich & Morocco, Greensburg, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Order affirmed. The post-conviction hearing judge, who also had presided at the acceptance of the guilty pleas, properly granted a new trial. Commonwealth v. Minor, 467 Pa. 230, 356 A.2d 346 (1976).
POMEROY, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
EAGEN, C. J., dissents.