COMMONWEALTH v. RILEY


459 Pa. 42 (1974)

326 A.2d 400

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ronald RILEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene E. Kellis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., James J. Wilson, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J. and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and NIX, JJ.


OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Ronald Riley, was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery on July 23, 1973. Following the denial of motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment, the court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment on the murder charge and ten to twenty years' imprisonment on the robbery charge, the sentences to run concurrently. This direct appeal followed.

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