COMMONWEALTH v. SWEENEY


464 Pa. 425 (1975)

347 A.2d 286

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Norman SWEENEY, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Zwanetz, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Maxine J. Stotland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, aggravated robbery, burglary, and conspiracy. Post-verdict motions were denied and concurrent sentences of life imprisonment for the murder conviction, ten to twenty years for robbery, and ten to twenty years for burglary were imposed. Sentence was suspended on the conspiracy conviction. This appeal followed.

Appellant first argues that a statement...

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