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COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH

451 Pa. 440 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Joseph, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dashiell, with him Ronald J. Brockington, for appellant.

Linda Conley, Assistant District Attorney, with her Milton M. Stein, Assistant 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, May 4, 1973:

On May 23, 1970, at about 1:30 p.m., eighty-four-year-old Edith Seal was knocked down and robbed of her pocketbook, while walking along the 2700 block of North Park Avenue in Philadelphia. As a result of being knocked down, Miss Seal sustained a fractured hip and complications developed which, according to the Commonwealth's expert testimony, ultimately led to her death on July...

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