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COMMONWEALTH v. BOWDEN

456 Pa. 278 (1973)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Bowden.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Rendell, Assistant District Attorney, with him Maxine J. Stotland, Albert L. Becker, and Arthur R. Makadon, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

David H. Kubert, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, October 3, 1973:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth1 from the granting of a motion in arrest of judgment by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. The salient facts are as follows:

The appellee, Halford Bowden, was indicted for murder in connection with the death of Alphonso Saunders. The evidence established Saunders invited Bowden to share a bag of heroin with him, and provided the funds for...

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