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COMMONWEALTH v. WORTHAM

471 Pa. 243 (1977)

369 A.2d 1287

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Johnny WORTHAM, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Dorothe WORTHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lerner, Defender, John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Reggie B. Walton, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant in No. 208.

Wolov, Rosenberg & Alexy, Charles S. Lieberman, Philadelphia, for appellant in No. 419.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Eric B. Henson, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

In February of 1974, appellants, who are husband and wife, were tried together and convicted of four counts of aggravated robbery and one count of burglary in conjunction with an incident in a Philadelphia bar on October 17, 1972. Appellant, Johnny Wortham, was also found guilty of one account of assault and battery occurring in the same criminal episode. Post-trial motions were argued and denied and appellant Johnny Wortham was sentenced...

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