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COM. v. SUTTON

485 Pa. 47 (1979)

400 A.2d 1305

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Leroy SUTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Ungerman, Erie, for appellant.

Robert H. Chase, Dist. Atty., Frank J. Scutella, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellee.

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

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, James Leroy Sutton,1 was tried by a judge sitting with a jury in connection with the burglary-robbery of Czartoryski Cafe and the homicide of James Hogan, a well-known Erie personality and district justice. Appellant was convicted of murder of the second degree, burglary, robbery, criminal conspiracy and a violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. He was...

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