COM. v. WILLIS


483 Pa. 21 (1978)

394 A.2d 519

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Russell E. WILLIS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, John H. Corbett, Jr., John R. Cook, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On May 21, 1976, Russell E. Willis, Jr., appellant, was convicted by a jury in Allegheny County of murder of the third degree and robbery with a weapon. Post-verdict motions were denied; judgments of sentence of two concurrent terms of imprisonment for ten to twenty years were imposed. These appeals followed.

Willis advances two arguments which respectively seek discharge or the grant of a new trial.

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