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COMMONWEALTH v. COOLEY

465 Pa. 35 (1975)

348 A.2d 103

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Robert James COOLEY, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Di Bona, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

On the morning of February 27, 1972, Clarence Butts was fatally wounded in his apartment in Philadelphia. James Morris, a friend of Butts who lived nearby and was visiting him, suffered a gunshot wound of the neck in the same incident. The appellant, Robert James Cooley, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the death of Butts and of assault with intent to...

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