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COM. v. NORTHINGTON

494 Pa. 155 (1981)

430 A.2d 1164

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Steven NORTHINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Voluck, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Eric I.B. Beller, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On October 6, 1970, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, the appellant, Steven Northington, was convicted of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied, and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. An appeal was taken to this Court, whereupon the case was remanded to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on alleged after-discovered evidence. The trial

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