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COMMONWEALTH v. DAVIS

440 Pa. 123 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Davis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Corson, with him Charles Lowenthal, for appellant.

Michael M. Baylson, Assistant District Attorney, with him James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, 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 PER CURIAM, October 9, 1970:

On May 6, 1968, the appellant, Manasee Davis, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia of murder in the first degree, and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Following the denial of a motion for a new trial, sentence was imposed in accordance with the jury's verdict. This appeal was then filed.

Davis was taken into police custody about 1:00 p.m. on April 4, 1966, in connection with a robbery-murder committed on April...

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