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COMMONWEALTH v. DENNISON

441 Pa. 334 (1971)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Dennison.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence F. McVerry, Assistant District Attorney, with him Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 7, 1971:

Homer Dennison, Roger DeVaughn and Russell Sewell were indicted on the same bill by a grand jury in Allegheny County for murder and voluntary manslaughter. Motions for severance were later granted and separate trials ensued. DeVaughn was tried before a jury and was acquitted. Subsequently, Dennison was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree with the punishment fixed at life imprisonment. A motion...

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