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COM. v. RAWLES

501 Pa. 514 (1983)

462 A.2d 619

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Richard RAWLES, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Richard RAWLES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Leon W. Tucker (Court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

These consolidated appeals arose from an order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas which arrested judgment on a jury verdict of first degree murder and "substituted" a verdict of murder in the third degree. The Commonwealth appeals from the portion of the order arresting judgment, seeking reinstatement of the jury verdict, while Richard Rawles appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on the "substituted" verdict, contending...

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