COM. v. DAVIS


258 Pa.Super. 224 (1978)

392 A.2d 766

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William DAVIS, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Public Defender, and Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Michael R. Stiles, Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

Appellant, William Davis, was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime and the court imposed a prison sentence of seven and a half to fifteen years. This appeal followed.

It was established that on May 17, 1975 appellant attacked a man named Mack Robinson from behind, slashing Robinson's throat.

The central argument in appellant's brief is that appellant was denied his right to a fair trial...

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