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COMMONWEALTH v. BELL

449 Pa. 1 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Bell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Lord, for appellant.

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 JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, October 4, 1972:

On April 17, 1969, appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally and was found guilty of murder in the second degree. On October 10, 1969, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than seven nor more than twenty years. An appeal was filed on November 16, 1969, which appeal was continued on five separate occasions. The appeal was dismissed on January 14, 1972, but reinstated on January 20, 1972. Thereafter...

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