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COMMONWEALTH v. STUKES

435 Pa. 535 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Stukes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, with him Kip D. Denega, and Beasley, Albert, Hewson & Casey, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him 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, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, October 9, 1969:

The appellant, James A. Stukes, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia County of murder in the first degree, and the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Motions in arrest of judgment and/or a new trial were denied and sentence was imposed as the jury directed. From the judgment of sentence, this appeal was filed. We affirm.

Motion In Arrest of Judgment

Stukes challenges the sufficiency of the...

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