COMMONWEALTH v. LEWIS


442 Pa. 98 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Lewis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Leonard Hoffman, with him Ettinger, Poserina, Silverman, Dubin, Anapol & Sagot, for appellant.

David Richman, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 18, 1971:

William S. Lewis was convicted of receiving stolen goods and conspiracy after a trial before a judge without a jury. Post-trial motions were denied, and a prison sentence of 11½ to 23 months was imposed on the receiving stolen goods conviction.1 On appeal the Superior Court affirmed without opinion [Judge HOFFMAN noted a dissent]. We granted allocatur...

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