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COM. v. SINGLETARY

478 Pa. 610 (1978)

387 A.2d 656

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard SINGLETARY, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Yvonne Grear, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Jane C. Greenspan, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

These appeals are from the judgments of sentence imposed on Richard Singletary following his conviction by a jury in Philadelphia of murder of the third degree and a related criminal offense. We reverse and award a new trial.

The following inquiries were directed to Singletary by the district attorney during cross-examination at trial:

"Q. Your attorney arranged to have you surrender to the police...

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