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COMMONWEALTH v. TORRES

467 Pa. 39 (1976)

354 A.2d 539

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ildefonso TORRES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Fellheimer, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, 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, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Judgment affirmed.

ROBERTS, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which NIX and MANDERINO, JJ., join.

ROBERTS, Justice (dissenting).

I dissent. Appellant was on trial for murder. Our Rules of Criminal Procedure, in conformity with the legislative mandate, provide that each side in a murder trial shall have twenty peremptory challenges during the selection of a jury.1 The rule and the underlying...

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