COMMONWEALTH v. STAPLES


457 Pa. 468 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Staples, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Cook and John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defenders, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, October 16, 1974:

The appellant, Richard Staples, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and second degree murder. Post-verdict motions were denied and the appellant received a sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment for second degree murder and a consecutive sentence of two and a half to five years imprisonment for armed robbery. This appeal followed.

The appellant raises two issues concerning the trial court's charge to the jury...

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