COM. v. JONES


499 Pa. 522 (1982)

454 A.2d 8

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Thomas JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Klingensmith, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Edward F. Browne, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On November 25, 1978, two men, armed respectively with a .357 magnum pistol and a 12 gauge shotgun, approached and menaced appellant and his friends as they emerged from a bar in the early hours of the morning. The two assailants were angry because appellant had objected in the bar to one of them making advances to his female companion. Outside the bar, as the assailants approached, the man armed with the pistol, after...

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