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COMMONWEALTH v. SPARROW

471 Pa. 490 (1977)

370 A.2d 712

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Bernard SPARROW, a/k/a Bernard Johnson, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued October 15, 1976.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. DeMarco, 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 OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Following a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. He filed timely motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment which were denied by the court en banc. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive term of from ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This appeal followed.1 Appellant...

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