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COMMONWEALTH v. RIVERA

470 Pa. 131 (1976)

367 A.2d 719

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Miguel RIVERA, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 24, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Simone, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Frank DeSimone, Asst. Dist. Atty., Carolyn E. Temin, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Miguel Rivera, the appellant was convicted by a jury of the offenses of murder of the first degree, rape and conspiracy. After the denial of his post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge and to a concurrent ten to twenty year imprisonment for rape. Sentence on the conspiracy conviction was suspended. This appeal followed.1

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