COM. v. PEOPLES


483 Pa. 152 (1978)

394 A.2d 956

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Reuben PEOPLES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

On October 17, 1975, one of four men who were attempting to rob the employees of a liquor store in the City of Pittsburgh as they were transferring the store's receipts to the bank, shot and killed one of the store's employees. Appellant, Reuben Peoples, was subsequently convicted for his participation in the crime after a non-jury trial. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of ten to twenty years for murder of the third degree...

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