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COM. v. SLEIGHTER

495 Pa. 262 (1981)

433 A.2d 469

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Charles E. SLEIGHTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake E. Martin, Public Defender, Douglas W. Herman, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

John F. Nelson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION

FLAHERTY, Justice.

In the early morning hours of September 19, 1978 William Paul Williams met his death as a result of a severe beating inflicted upon him in the lobby of the Madden Hotel in Chambersburg and in the alley adjacent to the hotel. Appellant herein and co-defendant, James Harmon, were charged as a result of this incident. Harmon was convicted in a non-jury trial of murder of the second degree and

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