Opinion
April 2, 1976.
Appeal No. 277 January Term, 1975, from Order of Court of Common Pleas — Criminal, for Bucks County at No. 1711 of 1966; John Justus Bodley, Judge.
Gene D. Cohen, Donald C. Marino, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, for appellee.
Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.
ORDER
And now, this 2nd day of April, 1976, whereas this Court has been informed that, subsequent to the filing and submission of briefs in the instant appeal, appellant has become and remains a fugitive from justice, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED sua sponte that appellant's appeal is dismissed. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Dorrough, 420 U.S. 534, 95 S.Ct. 1173, 43 L.Ed.2d 377 (1975); Molinaro v. New Jersey, 396 U.S. 365, 90 S.Ct. 498, 24 L.Ed.2d 586 (1970). Cf. Commonwealth v. Galloway, 460 Pa. 309, 333 A.2d 741 (1975).
ROBERTS and MANDERINO, JJ., dissent.