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COMMONWEALTH v. LASSITER

457 Pa. 582 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Lassiter, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Logan, for appellant.

Louis R. Paulick, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, 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 1, 1974:

On December 16, 1970, appellant was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of one Hampton Johnson and was sentenced to a term of ten to twenty years' imprisonment. This sentence was stayed pending the filing and disposition of post-trial motions which were then filed by appellant and dismissed by the lower court on February 14, 1972. On July 11, 1973, we granted leave to appeal nunc pro...

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