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COMMONWEALTH v. BYNUM

454 Pa. 9 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Bynum, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin J. McGreal, for appellant.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MANDERINO, September 19, 1973:

The appellant, Charles Bynum, was convicted of murder in the first degree, burglary, aggravated robbery, and weapons violations. The convictions resulted from a criminal episode on September 2, 1969, when the Piccadilly Bar in Philadelphia was robbed. The bartender, James West, Sr., was killed from a shotgun blast during the robbery.

Post-trial motions were denied on December 21, 1971. On February 8, 1972...

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