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COM. v. BRANCH

292 Pa.Super. 425 (1981)

437 A.2d 748

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Lavern BRANCH. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lavern BRANCH, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 21, 1981.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied October 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxine Stotland, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for the Commonwealth.

Joel W. Todd, Philadelphia, for Branch.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, BROSKY, WICKERSHAM, WATKINS, HOFFMAN and VAN der VOORT, JJ.

BROSKY, Judge:

Following a jury trial, Lavern Branch was convicted of third degree murder and weapons offenses.1 Timely postverdict motions were filed alleging, inter alia: (1) the preliminary hearing court erred in ruling that a prima facie case had been offered where the evidence introduced by the prosecution, and admitted over objection, was hearsay;2

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