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COMMONWEALTH v. HARRIS

218 Pa.Super. 263 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Harris, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., March 23, 1971:

In April of 1963 appellant was being held at Byberry State Mental Hospital for observation. On April 11 he escaped and went to Pittsburgh, where he and a number of others participated in a series of armed robberies. Appellant was arrested on May 15 and incarcerated in the Allegheny County jail. While there he attempted suicide, and the jail physician petitioned for commitment...

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