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COM. v. PRESTON

488 Pa. 311 (1980)

412 A.2d 524

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Bruce PRESTON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Every, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Division, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Bruce Preston, Jr., appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia of murder of the second degree and a weapons offense. Post-verdict motions were denied. Judgment of sentence of five to sixteen years imprisonment was imposed on the murder conviction, but sentence on the weapons offense was suspended. This appeal from the sentence for murder followed.1

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