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COMMONWEALTH v. DOUGLAS

461 Pa. 749 (1975)

337 A.2d 860

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Laverne DOUGLAS, a/k/a Vernon Douglas, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty., for Law, Maxine J. Stotland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.

F. Ross Crumlish, Joseph M. Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the murder of a seventeen-year-old youth, Raymond Clairborne. After trial before a judge and jury, Mr. Douglas was convicted of murder in the second degree and conspiracy. Post-trial motions were denied and a sentence of 10 to 20 years imprisonment was imposed under the murder indictment.1 This direct appeal followed.

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