COMMONWEALTH v. CANNON

Nos. 222-227.

50 Pa. D. & C. 2d 719 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Cannon

Common Pleas Court of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

September 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Frank J. Marcone, for defendant.


CATANIA, J., September 8, 1970.

Defendant, James P. Cannon, Jr., was tried on the charge of arson of the Edgmont Inn and the burning of an automobile in Marple Township.

In his brief and argument before the court en banc, defendant's sole basis for a new trial was that he was forced to stand trial in his prison clothes. At the time of trial, defendant had been incarcerated in the State penitentiary and had...

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