COMMONWEALTH v. BENNETT


439 Pa. 34 (1970)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Bennett.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Joseph Alessandroni, Jr., with him Charles L. Guerin, Jr., for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, April 28, 1970:

On April 5, 1967, the appellee, Fred T. Bennett, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia of murder in the first degree, and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Subsequently, the court en banc ordered a new trial. The Commonwealth appealed. We affirm.

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