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COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH

459 Pa. 583 (1975)

330 A.2d 851

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ralph SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josephine A. Nelson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

The appellant, Ralph Smith, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree on March 18, 1970. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. An appeal was taken to this Court in which we affirmed the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Smith, 447 Pa. 457, 291 A.2d 103 (1972).

On August 22, 1972, appellant, without the assistance...

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