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COMMONWEALTH v. DICKERSON

406 Pa. 102 (1962)

Commonwealth v. Dickerson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Stein, with him Berger and Stein, for appellant.

Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, with him Burton Satzberg, Assistant District Attorney, Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 2, 1962:

The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. From the judgment of conviction and sentence, defendant appeals.

It is first urged that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. In evaluating the merit of this question, the evidence must be read in a light most favorable to the Commonwealth: Commonwealth v. Scoleri,

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