OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., November 16, 1972:
Appellant contends that his 1967 sentence should be reconsidered because the sentencing judge relied upon a 1963 conviction, which has since been reversed.
"For almost three decades in Pennsylvania it has been a well established and recognized rule of law that evidence of prior offenses committed by the defendant. . . is admissible . . . solely for the purpose of enabling the jury to decide what penalty should be...
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