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COM. v. COLEMAN

482 Pa. 581 (1978)

394 A.2d 474

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James J. COLEMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Brent Somach, Allentown, for appellant.

William H. Platt, Dist. Atty., Raymond G. Kessler, James B. Martin, Asst. Dist. Attys., Allentown, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1971, appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree in connection with the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied. He was sentenced to ten to twenty years' imprisonment. On appeal, judgment of sentence was affirmed by this Court.1 Subsequently, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act requesting a new trial and...

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