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COMMONWEALTH v. HOSS

445 Pa. 98 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Hoss, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar M. Snyder and Fred E. Baxter, Jr., Assistant Public Defenders, with them George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Donald P. Minahan, Assistant District Attorneys, with them Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 12, 1971:

This direct appeal follows a conviction of first degree murder and the imposition of the death penalty in a trial by jury in Allegheny County for the killing of a Verona Township policeman on September 19, 1969. Appellant, Stanley Hoss, was tried under the Split Verdict Act1 which provides a two phase trial on the questions of guilt and sentence. He here asserts numerous trial errors including...

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