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Commonwealth v. James

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 28, 1977
368 A.2d 271 (Pa. 1977)

Opinion

Argued October 23, 1975.

Decided April 28, 1977.

Appeal No. 602 January Term, 1974, No. 51 January Term, 1975, from the Judgments of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Trial Division, of Philadelphia, at Nos. 1164, 1165 and 1166 February Term, 1973; James T. McDermott, Judge.

Albert L. Deutsch, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Barry H. Oxenburg, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT


The Court being equally divided, the judgments of sentence are affirmed.

EAGEN, C. J., and O'BRIEN and POMEROY, JJ., would affirm the judgments of sentence.

ROBERTS, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ., would reverse the judgments of sentence and grant a new trial.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. James

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 28, 1977
368 A.2d 271 (Pa. 1977)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. James

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Johnny JAMES, Appellant (two cases)

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 28, 1977

Citations

368 A.2d 271 (Pa. 1977)
368 A.2d 271

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