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COMMONWEALTH v. MOTLEY

434 Pa. 272 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Motley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defender, and Herman I. Pollock, Defender, for appellant.

Roger F. Cox and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, April 23, 1969:

Order affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS:

The sole issue presented by this case is whether appellant was denied the appeal rights guaranteed to him under Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814 (1963). Because the majority's decision in this case completely ignores several decisions of this Court following...

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