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COM. v. WILLIAMS

484 Pa. 590 (1979)

400 A.2d 1258

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James C. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 18, 1979.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lipschitz, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., William Turnoff, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On April 2, 1976, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime, following a jury trial. Post-verdict motions were denied; appellant was sentenced to three to six years imprisonment for the voluntary manslaughter conviction and a concurrent one to two years imprisonment for the conviction for possession of an instrument of crime. These appeals followed.1

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