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COMMONWEALTH v. PHELAN

427 Pa. 265 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Phelan, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham J. Brem Levy, with him John A. Papola and Peter J. Liacouras, for appellant.

Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, with him Edwin D. Wolf, William H. Wolf, Jr. and Alan J. Davis, 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. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 26, 1967:

The appellant, Frank Phelan, plead guilty generally to two separate indictments charging him with the murders of Judith Lopinson and Joseph Malito.1 Subsequently, after a hearing before a three-judge court, he was unanimously found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death in each case. These appeals from the judgments followed.

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