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COMMONWEALTH v. HANCOCK

455 Pa. 583 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Hancock, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Defender, with him Jonathan Miller, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

James T. Ranney, 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 NIX, March 25, 1974:

On February 5, 1971, at approximately 9:20 P.M., Mr. Charles Presley was accosted on the highway by an individual, armed with a small revolver, demanding money. After a brief altercation, Presley was shot in the leg as he attempted to flee. At or about this time Officer Thompson, a member of the Philadelphia Police Department, while on patrol with his partner, heard what appeared...

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