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COMMONWEALTH v. HOLMES

492 Pa. 274 (1981)

424 A.2d 504

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward Lewis HOLMES, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Halley, Pittsburgh (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kathryn L. Simpson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Order Affirmed.

ROBERTS, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which O'BRIEN, C.J., joined.

ROBERTS, Justice (dissenting).

For the reasons set forth by Mr. Justice Nix, speaking for this Court in Commonwealth v. Fiero, 462 Pa. 409, 341 A.2d 448 (1975), by Mr. Justice (now Chief Justice) O'Brien, for the...

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