COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


440 Pa. 229 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Johnson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Williamson, Public Defender, for appellant.

Bernhard Dohrmann, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, October 9, 1970:

On May 1, 1968, appellant, Lee Port Johnson, Jr., was found guilty by a jury of burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods. His post-trial motions were denied; the Superior Court affirmed, with Judge MONTGOMERY filing a dissenting opinion in which Judge HOFFMAN joined; we granted allocatur.

Having examined the record carefully, we believe that only one issue raised by the appellant merits discussion: the same...

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