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COMMONWEALTH v. ABRAMS

461 Pa. 327 (1975)

336 A.2d 308

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Harry ABRAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Knafelc, Asst. Public Defender, Beaver, for appellant.

Joseph M. Stanichak, Asst. Dist. Atty., C.M. Marshall, Beaver, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

Harry Abrams was called to testify as a Commonwealth witness in the trial of the Commonwealth v. Virgil Coonfare, who was charged with having participated in the commission of a robbery with Abrams in Beaver County.1 When Abrams refused to testify saying, "I stand on the Fifth Amendment", he was warned by the trial judge that his prior plea of guilty to the robbery charge prevented...

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