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COMMONWEALTH v. WIGGINS

231 Pa.Super. 71 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Wiggins, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Harting, for appellant.

Charles A. Achey, Jr., and George T. Brubaker, Assistant District Attorneys, and D. Richard Eckman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY JACOBS, J., November 14, 1974:

The appellant herein was convicted of armed robbery1 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2½ to 5 years. In this appeal he alleges that the court committed reversible error in refusing to grant a mistrial when the district attorney in opening statement and closing argument suggested that the defendant had the burden of presenting a defense and characterized the appellant as a "dangerous...

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