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COMMONWEALTH v. COBBS

No. 56 MAP 2020.

256 A.3d 1192 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. James Henry COBBS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Banner Kiefer, Esq. , Delaware County District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, Michael F. J. Piecuch, Esq. , Snyder County District Attorney's Office, Maureen Flannery Spang, Esq. , for Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association, Amicus Curiae.

Carrie Lynn Allman, Esq. , Lee B. Awbrey, Esq. , Norristown, Dean M. Beer, Esq. , Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender, Marsha Levick, Esq. , Riya Saha Shah, Esq. , Juvenile Law Center, for Appellant.

Robert Martin Falin, Esq. , Adrienne D. Jappe, Esq. , Kevin R. Steele, Esq. , Norristown, Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

The offense of assault by a life prisoner is defined, in relevant part, as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon or instrument by an individual "who has been sentenced to death or life imprisonment" and "whose sentence has not been commuted;" the penalty for that offense is life imprisonment...

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