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COMMONWEALTH v. COLLINS

447 Pa. 300 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Collins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Graham Sale, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with him John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, with her Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, April 20, 1972:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed on Marvin Collins following his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree. We conclude a new trial is necessary because the trial court excluded certain testimony sought to be introduced by Collins at trial which should have been admitted to aid the jury in resolving one of the principal issues in the case.

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