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COM. v. BUTLER

499 Pa. 313 (1982)

453 A.2d 325

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joanne BUTLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Wyman, Philadelphia, court appointed, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Eric I.B. Beller, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1979, appellant Joanne Butler was convicted in a nonjury trial of murder of the first degree, possession of an instrument of crime, and criminal conspiracy for her participation in the 1978 stabbing death of nineteen-year-old Cynthia Delgato. Following the denial of post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for murder, two and one-half to five years imprisonment for possession of an...

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