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COM. v. JACKSON

494 Pa. 457 (1981)

431 A.2d 944

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Ray JACKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Fineman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Sarah Vandenbraak, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1968, appellant confessed to involvement in the robbery and murder of one Randolph Butts who was robbed of his wallet and stabbed several times in the back. After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery and murder of the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. An appeal was taken to this Court by trial counsel and we affirmed. Commonwealth v. Jackson,

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