COMMONWEALTH v. COOPER


229 Pa.Super. 52 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Cooper, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Sosnov and John W. Packel, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Albert L. Becker and David Richman, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., June 21, 1974:

The appellant was convicted following a nonjury trial of aggravated robbery, and thereafter sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months to 5 years. In this appeal he alleges that the court denied him his basic constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel when it announced its verdict prior to giving counsel an opportunity to present his closing argument.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the following...

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