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COMMONWEALTH v. PURVIS

458 Pa. 359 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Purvis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl W. Trent, Jr., for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, 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 NIX, October 16, 1974:

Appellant, Roosevelt Purvis, was charged with the murder of one Eulie Moss. Following denial of his motion to suppress his written confession as involuntary, appellant was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. The jury, subsequently, fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Post-trial motions were filed, argued and denied by a court en banc. Thereafter...

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