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COMMONWEALTH v. ROYSTER

472 Pa. 581 (1977)

372 A.2d 1194

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Robert J. ROYSTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Brookman, Shein & Brookman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., James J. Wilson, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Robert J. Royster, was tried by a judge sitting with a jury and was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of Charlotte Jamison. Postverdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows. On October 31, 1973, appellant entered Sonny's Lounge,

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