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COMMONWEALTH v. COYLE

427 Pa. 72 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Coyle, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued January 13, 1967.

September 26, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Alice Duffy, with her Sara Duffy, for appellant.

William H. Wolf, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert H. Finkel and Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 26, 1967:

On November 20, 1959, John J. Coyle was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia County of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at death. Following the dismissal of post-trial motions and imposition of sentence in the court below, an appeal was entered and prosecuted in this Court. Lengthy briefs were filed on behalf of Coyle and the Commonwealth, and oral argument presented. After a studied consideration...

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