COMMONWEALTH v. WASHINGTON


470 Pa. 199 (1977)

368 A.2d 263

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward WASHINGTON. Appeal of A. Benjamin JOHNSON, Jr., Esq.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Spaulding, A.B. Johnson, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Milton O. Moss, Dist. Atty., William T. Nicholas, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Stewart J. Greenleaf, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Norristown, J. David Bean, Harleysville, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant, A. Benjamin Johnson, Jr., an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered an appearance for Edward Washington, who had been indicted in Montgomery County for several offenses stemming from an alleged armed robbery. The Washington case was placed on the Montgomery County Criminal Trial List, to be called on June 29, 1973. When the case was called to trial on that date, appellant...

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