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COM. v. WHITFIELD

474 Pa. 27 (1977)

376 A.2d 617

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward WHITFIELD, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1977.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr. and J.M. Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, for appellee.

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

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted following a jury trial of murder of the second degree, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit murder and robbery for his participation in the fatal beating of Raymond Townsend.1 The trial court sentenced appellant to two concurrent ten to twenty year prison terms on the murder and robbery convictions, and suspended sentence on the conspiracy conviction.

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