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COMMONWEALTH v. MATCHESON et al.

215 Pa.Super. 371 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Matcheson et al., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Brier, Assistant Public Defender, with him Andrew Hailstone, for appellants.

Harry P. O'Neill, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Joseph J. Cimino, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, and CERCONE, JJ.

OPINION BY MONTGOMERY, J., November 12, 1969:

These two appeals were tried and argued together and will be disposed of in this opinion. Both cases raise the same issue. That issue is whether the trial judge erred in denying defendants' motions for a mistrial, based upon the possession by the jurors of copies of the criminal list containing a listing of two additional indictments against one of the defendants, Matcheson.

Following the return of a verdict of...

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