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COM. v. WALTON

483 Pa. 588 (1979)

397 A.2d 1179

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Achelohiym WALTON.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Paul S. Diamond, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Charles C. Coyne, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Howard S. Yares, Deborah E. Glass, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae, Victim Counseling Service, Philadelphia Bar Assoc.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Achelohiym Walton was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and two weapons offenses. The charges arose out of an incident during the early morning hours of July 1, 1974, when Walton, armed with a shotgun, arrived at the apartment of Marlene, his former common-law wife and the mother of at least two children by Walton, and fired a blast from the...

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