COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMSON


243 Pa.Super. 139 (1976)

364 A.2d 488

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. George E. WILLIAMSON, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William GREEN, Jr., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Joseph D. Montgomery, III (Court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellants.

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

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

This opinion involves two separate appeals, arising from the joint trial of the instant appellants. The facts are identical and the appeals raise the same issue. We therefore address ourselves to both appeals herein.

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