COMMONWEALTH v. ROWE


445 Pa. 454 (1971)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Rowe.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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, appellant.

Robert A. Rosin, with him James J. Boyle, for appellee.

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


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

Appellee, Rowe, was charged with the robbery murder of two candy store proprietors in December of 1964. Following the denial of various motions to suppress, appellee was tried before a judge and jury in Philadelphia, found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to a term of life in prison. Post-trial motions were filed and the court en banc granted appellee's motion for a new trial ruling that the...

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