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COMMONWEALTH v. DAVIS

452 Pa. 369 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Davis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira J.K. Wells, Jr., for appellant.

William P. Boland, 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. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, July 2, 1973:

The appellant, Calvin Davis, was arrested in September of 1969 and charged with murder as a result of his participation in a tavern robbery in which the bartender was killed. The appellant, who was at all times represented by private counsel, waived a jury trial and pled guilty to murder generally. Following a degree of guilt hearing, the appellant was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to from ten...

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