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COMMONWEALTH v. GASKINS

471 Pa. 238 (1977)

369 A.2d 1285

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Clenzell GASKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph S. Pallastrone, Geo A. Bachetti, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Deborah E. Glass, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX and MANDERINO, Justices.

Appellant, Clenzell Gaskins, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree for the shooting death of Robert Speakes. After post-trial motions were denied, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed.1

While appellant presents several alleged errors for our review, we need only discuss one of them. Gaskins, a juvenile when he was arrested...

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