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COM. v. WEITKAMP

255 Pa.Super. 305 (1978)

386 A.2d 1014

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James J. WEITKAMP, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Elmer C. BORTNER, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 16, 1977.

Decided April 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Knupp, Harrisburg, with him Knupp & Andrews, Harrisburg, for appellant James J. Weitkamp.

Harold N. Fitzkee, Jr., York, submitted a brief for appellant Elmer C. Bortner.

Reid H. Weingarten, Deputy District Attorney, Harrisburg, with him LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.

PRICE, Judge:

On January 20, 1975, following a joint trial before a jury, appellants were convicted of perjury.1 After the denial of post-trial motions, appellant Weitkamp was sentenced to pay costs and a fine of $500, and to imprisonment for one year. Appellant Bortner was sentenced to one year in prison. These appeals raise numerous, substantially identical claims of error in regard to the proceedings below. After a careful review, we...

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