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COMMONWEALTH v. IRWIN

460 Pa. 296 (1975)

333 A.2d 735

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Albert M. IRWIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, Stephen P. Swem, Nancy N. Nowlis, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty., John M. Tighe, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Lawrence N. Claus, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Albert M. Irwin from the sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him following his conviction by a jury in Allegheny County of murder in the first degree.

The sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the jury's verdict is not challenged,1 but it is said two errors in the trial process mandate a new trial. Our discussion will be limited to one of these alleged...

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