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COM. v. HOLMES

No. 1143, Nos. 2529 and 900.

315 Pa.Super. 256 (1983)

461 A.2d 1268

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph HOLMES, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Leon SEALS, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Juan MARTINEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted June 24, 1982.

Filed June 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. DeFino, Philadelphia, for appellant (No. 1143).

Daniel Paul Alva, Philadelphia, for appellant (No. 2529).

Edward M. Flannery, Philadelphia, for appellant (No. 900).

Jane Cutler Greenspan, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before CERCONE, P.J., and SPAETH, CAVANAUGH, WIEAND, McEWEN, CIRILLO and MONTEMURO, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

We ordered these three appeals consolidated because the principal issue in each of them is whether a "boilerplate" post-verdict motion — that is, a motion stating only that "the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict" or that "the verdict was against the weight of the evidence" — preserves any issue for appellate review. On this issue, we have found the law far from clear, and we have been unable to agree on how the pertinent...

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