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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

468 Pa. 453 (1976)

364 A.2d 281

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lynn WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving L. Madnick, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., for appellee.

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

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed on appellant, Lynn Williams, following his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree and the denial of his post-verdict motions.1 For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.

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