COM. v. HARPER


248 Pa.Super. 344 (1977)

375 A.2d 129

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony Wayne HARPER, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Cepparullo, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


PRICE, Judge:

If Larry Jackson had foreseen the ordeal that awaited him, it is safe to assume that he would not have ventured forth into the night of October 14, 1974. At 11:30 p.m. on that night, Mr. Jackson boarded a west-bound trolley at Thirty-seventh Street and Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia. He assumed a seat in the relatively empty rear of the vehicle. At Forty-second Street, three black males boarded the trolley and took the seats immediately in front of...

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