COMMONWEALTH v. WHITING


439 Pa. 205 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Whiting, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Lovenwirth, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Stewart J. Greenleaf, Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard A. Devlin and Paul W. Tressler, Assistant District Attorneys, and Milton O. Moss, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, July 2, 1970:

On April 9, 1968, appellant was found guilty by a jury of robbery, aggravated robbery, and assault and battery, all arising out of a purse snatching. Following the denial of post-trial motions he was sentenced to serve from four to twelve years. He thereupon appealed to the Superior Court, which affirmed the judgment of sentence per curiam without opinion. We granted allocatur.

On November 9, 1967 appellant was...

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