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COMMONWEALTH v. BYRD

421 Pa. 513 (1966)

Commonwealth v. Byrd, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Brown, III, with him William F. Hall, Jr., for appellant.

William J. Stevens, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him John J. DiPaul, II, and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, May 2, 1966:

On November 23, 1964, defendant Byrd was arrested and charged with the murder of two persons; he was also charged with aggravated assault and assault and battery with intent to murder a third person. On January 5, 1965, a true bill of indictment was returned by the Grand Jury on all of the charges set forth above. On September 8, 1965, defendant's petition for a psychiatric examination...

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