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COM. v. STARK

526 Pa. 1 (1990)

584 A.2d 289

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lawrence E. STARK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley Stark, Chief-Appellate Div., Mitchell A. Kaufman, Appellate Counsel, Office of the Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., Sandra Preuhs, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In this appeal we are presented with the issue of whether a trial court may, during sentencing, change a previously rendered verdict of guilty to one of not guilty.

Appellant, Lawrence Stark, was charged with the crimes of terroristic threats and simple assault.1 At the close of the evidence at appellant's bench trial, the following exchange took place:...

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