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COMMONWEALTH v. CHAPASCO

436 Pa. 143 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Chapasco, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Leonard Hoffman, and Ettinger, Poserina, Silverman, Dubin, Anapol & Sagot, for appellant.

Stephen B. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, and Ward F. Clark, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, November 11, 1969:

In 1950 Harry Walter Chapasco, appellant herein, was jointly indicted with Martin Joseph Pearson and Walter John Lowry for the unlawful killing of one David Sklar during the perpetration of an armed robbery. Each of the defendants was separately tried. Each was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chapasco was convicted by a jury on June...

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