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COM. v. LAWS

474 Pa. 318 (1977)

378 A.2d 812

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Whalen LAWS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reassigned June 1, 1977.

Decided October 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Elliott, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

At about 11:30 p.m., March 2, 1974, an altercation broke out between two rival gangs after members of one gang arrived at a party attended by members of the other. During the fighting which followed John Alicea received a fatal knife wound in the chest. Appellant, Whalen Laws, Jr., was charged with the murder. Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of murder of the second degree...

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