COM. v. SANFORD


497 Pa. 442 (1982)

441 A.2d 1220

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael SANFORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Savage (Court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div. Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven J. Cooperstein, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On January 5, 1976, appellant, Michael Sanford, met with approximately one dozen gang members in order to retaliate against someone who had previously harmed one of the members in appellant's gang. Armed with knives and screwdrivers, appellant and a dozen or so other members ambushed three boys coming out of a grocery store, stabbing all three and killing Steven Johnson. Appellant was placed under arrest after being questioned later...

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