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COM. v. STARKS

479 Pa. 51 (1978)

387 A.2d 829

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William STARKS, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lipschitz, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, William Starks, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm. After post-trial motions were denied, Starks was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment on the murder charge and to a concurrent sentence of two and one-half to five years on the firearms conviction. This appeal followed.1

The record discloses that on August 24, 1973...

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