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COMMONWEALTH v. COLEMAN

402 Pa. 238 (1961)

Commonwealth v. Coleman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaiah W. Crippins, with him Rufus Scoville Watson, for appellant.

Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, with him Augustine J. Rieffel, Assistant District Attorney, Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 4, 1961:

Frank McCoy perpetrated an armed robbery in a grocery store in the City of Philadelphia on July 1, 1957. During the commission of the robbery, the owner of the store was shot and killed by McCoy. (The victim was McCoy's former employer). One James Allen acted in the role of lookout. McCoy was tried by a jury and convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. Allen...

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