COMMONWEALTH v. KENNEDY


451 Pa. 483 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Kennedy, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Grigsby, III, and Eugene H. Clarke, Jr., for appellant.

Norris E. Gelman and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, 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 EAGEN, May 4, 1973:

The appellant, Howard Kennedy, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, aggravated robbery, burglary and conspiracy. All of the crimes were based on and were allegedly committed in the perpetration of a robbery of a drug store in Philadelphia during which the druggist was fatally shot. After posttrial motions were denied, separate prison sentences of 10 to 20 years, to run consecutively, were imposed on the...

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