COMMONWEALTH v. STOKES


450 Pa. 167 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Stokes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Johnson, Assistant Defender, with her, Francis S. Wright, Jr., Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Maxine J. Stotland, Assistant District Attorney, with her 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 O'BRIEN, January 19, 1973:

Appellant, while represented by counsel, waived a jury trial and was found guilty of two counts each of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault and battery. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and an appeal to the Superior Court resulted in a remand for the filing of post-trial motions. Those motions were filed, argued and dismissed by the trial court, which then...

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