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COMMONWEALTH v. SCOLERI.

415 Pa. 218 (1964)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Scoleri. Commonwealth v. Scoleri, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, with him Burton Satzberg, Richard A. Sprague and Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Thomas D. McBride, with him Alan J. Davis, and Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, for defendant.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, July 1, 1964:

These appeals arising from the second trial of Anthony Scoleri for murder,* reveal a record (a) that is so unusual and (b) professional conduct which is so indefensible as to jeopardize the public's respect for the Law and confidence in their trial Courts. Although there is no contention that Scoleri is innocent, and although the testimony in this...

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