COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


365 Pa. 303 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Johnson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Nitzberg, for appellant.

Colbert C. McClain, Assistant District Attorney, with him John H. Maurer, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and BELL, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, June 26, 1950:

Jasper Johnson, having been convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree with the imposition of the death penalty, appeals from the dismissal by the trial court of his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.

According to the Commonwealth, Aaron Turner, Johnson, and Clarence Lofton conspired to perpetrate a robbery at the Ace Broom Company factory in Philadelphia on December 15, 1945. Lofton...

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