COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS


222 Pa.Super. 340 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Farber, Assistant Defender, with him Francis S. Wright, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

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

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION BY PACKEL, J., September 15, 1972:

The appellant claims error because the court below permitted hearsay evidence that he was fleeing from the scene of the robbery. Since the sole identification of the appellant's participation in the crime came from an officer as a result of a brief glance as he came upon the scene, the plaintiff claims the error was prejudicial.

The judge, sitting without a jury, had permitted evidence of an extra-judicial statement...

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