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COM. v. GILMAN

485 Pa. 145 (1979)

401 A.2d 335

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Merle Ronald GILMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Galloway, Daniel J. Ackerman, Greensburg, for appellant.

Albert M. Nichols, Dist. Atty., John F. Dent, Asst. Dist. Atty., Morrison F. Lewis, Jr., Greensburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

A charge of murder was brought against appellant, Merle Ronald Gilman, in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County. The case was transferred to Northampton County after a motion for change of venue was granted. Appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, pursuant to the 1939 Penal Code, the underlying felony being involuntary deviate...

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