COMMONWEALTH v. RAVENELL


448 Pa. 162 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Ravenell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Wolff, with him Stassen and Kostos, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, 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, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE NIX, June 28, 1972:

On the evening of February 22, 1969, a street fight erupted between rival gangs in the vicinity of 8th Street and Columbia Avenue in Philadelphia. During the course of the battle, one of the participants, Marvin Smith, was shot and killed. The police, after interrogating a number of known gang members, ascertained from them that appellant, James Ravenell, was involved in the shooting. Appellant was taken into custody from...

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