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COMMONWEALTH v. SHOATZ

469 Pa. 545 (1976)

366 A.2d 1216

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Russell SHOATZ, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Collins, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., James Garrett, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant Russell Shoatz was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree, assault and battery with intent to murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy, all of which stemmed from a series of events surrounding the August 29, 1970, shootings of two Philadelphia police officers. Post-trial motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied by the court en banc and Shoatz was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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