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COM. v. KNIGHTON

490 Pa. 16 (1980)

415 A.2d 9

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Sidney KNIGHTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Neil Asteak, Asst. Pub. Defender, Easton, for appellant.

Christopher T. Spadoni, Michael Vedomsky, Asst. Dist. Attys., Easton, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Following conviction by jury for burglary and theft, and denial of post-verdict motions, appellant Sidney Knighton was sentenced on June 10, 1976 to a prison term of two and one-half to five years. The Superior Court affirmed, with two judges dissenting.1 On this appeal, appellant contends that his sentence was illegally imposed in violation of Pa...

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