COMMONWEALTH v. POTTS


222 Pa.Super. 102 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Potts, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Clayton McQuiddy, III, Assistant Public Defender, with him William J. Gallagher, Public Defender, for appellant.

A. Thomas Parke, III, Assistant District Attorney, with him Norman J. Pine, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., December 13, 1971:

Appellant appeals from his conviction for the common-law offense of false swearing.1 Specifically, he contends that the trial judge committed reversible error when he charged the jury that the charge of false swearing has been proven if it was clear from the testimony that the testimony given by the appellant at a preliminary hearing "was...

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