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COMMONWEALTH v. JOYNER

469 Pa. 333 (1976)

365 A.2d 1233

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alvin JOYNER, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Natali, Jr., 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.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, Alvin Joyner, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and several related offenses.1 The charges arose from an assault by appellant and others on a police guard house in Cobbs Creek Park in the City of Philadelphia during which one police officer was killed and another wounded. In this appeal,2 Joyner advances

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