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COMMONWEALTH v. VELASQUEZ

449 Pa. 599 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Velasquez, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Turner, for appellant.

Martin H. Belsky and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 17, 1972:

Appellant Antonio Velasquez was tried by jury in Philadelphia in 1970 and found guilty of second degree murder. Post-trial motions were denied and a sentence of not less than ten nor more than twenty years imposed. Appellant in this direct appeal argues that the Commonwealth introduced notes of testimony of a witness from an earlier proceeding1

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