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COMMONWEALTH v. COLEMAN

383 Pa. 474 (1956)

Commonwealth v. Coleman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Raymond Kremer, with him Morton Witkin and Witkin & Egan, for appellant.

Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, with him Vincent G. Panati, First Assistant District Attorney and Samuel Dash, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 5, 1956:

The judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed on the opinion of Judge ERVIN, reported in 179 Pa.Super. 1.

DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO:

I would grant a new trial in this case for any one of three reasons: (1) Two strangers had dinner with the jury; (2) The trial assistant district attorney, with evidence in the case that the defendant was a Republican ward...

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