COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


399 Pa. 584 (1960)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Johnson.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domenick Vitullo, Assistant District Attorney, with him Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Fitzhugh Lee Styles, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, May 24, 1960:

The defendant was convicted of burglary and larceny. On his appeal to the Superior Court from the judgment of sentence, he assigned for error several matters, one of which was the court's charge on the defense of alibi. Because of the view the Superior Court took concerning the charge on alibi, discussion of the other questions raised by the appellant was deemed unnecessary.

The Superior Court expressly recognized...

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