COMMONWEALTH v. WILSON


205 Pa.Super. 336 (1965)

Commonwealth v. Wilson, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dashiell, for appellant.

William J. Stevens, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, JACOBS, and HOFFMAN, JJ. (MONTGOMERY and FLOOD, JJ., absent).


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., April 15, 1965:

Appellant was convicted of the crimes of assault and battery on a police officer, unlawfully resisting arrest and inciting to riot. The arrest upon which the charges hinge took place on Saturday night, August 29, 1964, in an area which was the scene of general public disturbance in Philadelphia. This appeal is from the sentence of the court below, after denying appellant's motions for new trial and arrest of judgment.

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