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COMMONWEALTH v. HAMILTON

445 Pa. 292 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Hamilton, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Randolph, for appellant.

James T. Owens, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, December 20, 1971:

On March 20, 1968, appellant William Hamilton was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree under our felony-murder rule. Following denial of post-trial motions by the court en banc, Hamilton was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 The primary question presented for our consideration is whether, in the absence of any...

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