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COMMONWEALTH v. SHAFFER

224 Pa.Super. 564 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Shaffer, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. George, with him Ray, Buck, Margolis, Mahoney and John, for appellant.

Donald J. McCue, Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard D. Cicchetti, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., June 14, 1973:

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his request for a new trial on the ground that the district attorney's inflammatory summation so prejudiced the jurors against him as to deny him a fair trial.

The appellant, James Shaffer, was indicted and charged with fornication and bastardy in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. During the trial, the prosecutrix testified that she had sexual...

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