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COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN

455 Pa. 274 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Brown, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Benjamin Vansteenburgh, III, Assistant Public Defender, and John R. Merrick, Public Defender, for appellant.

James Gordon Porter, Jr., and M. Joseph Melody, Assistant District Attorneys, and William H. Lamb, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, January 24, 1974:

Pursuant to the October 28, 1971, order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at Criminal Action No. 71-1811, appellant was resentenced on a 1965 second-degree murder conviction by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Chester County on December 10, 1971.1 At that time, a sentence of eight and one-half to ten years was imposed and appellant was returned...

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