Case Name: Commonwealth v. Sanger, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1973-09-19
Citations: 453 Pa. 504
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 502
Parties: Commonwealth v. Sanger, Appellant.
Judges: Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 453
Pages: 504–506

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Sanger, Appellant.
Argued April 28, 1972.
Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
Theodore S. Dcmforth, Public Defender, for appellant.
Henry J. Rutherford, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
September 19, 1973:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
Appellant, Grover Sanger, entered a plea of guilty to murder generally on January 13, 1969. Pursuant to a degree of guilt hearing on February 20, 1969, appellant was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed. We now affirm.
Appellant argues that: he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel, Ms guilty plea was not entered knowingly and voluntarily, he was deprived of due process of law at the degree of guilt hearing, and he was not "properly and fairly" advised of Ms right to appeal.
Having thoroughly reviewed all aspects of the trial record and the proceedings on record we conclude that appellant was not denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel, Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, 427 Pa. 599, 235 A. 2d 349 (1967). The record also conclusively establishes that appellant's guilty plea was entered both knowingly and voluntarily, Commonwealth v. Butler, 446 Pa. 374, 288 A. 2d 800 (1972). We have considered appellant's other allegations of error and find them to be equally without merit or substance.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.