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COM. v. HOLMES

486 Pa. 415 (1979)

406 A.2d 510

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James HOLMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Every, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This appeal flows from the shooting death of Bernard Petti and the shooting of Jessie Wallace in a Philadelphia bar on October 25, 1975. As a result of these incidents, appellant was arrested and tried before a jury and convicted of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime. This is a direct appeal from the imposition of the judgments of sentence after the denial of post verdict motions.<...

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