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COM. v. NICHOLS

485 Pa. 1 (1979)

400 A.2d 1281

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Gerald NICHOLS, a/k/a Gerald Nicholas, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Jay Molluso, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., James Garrett, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On April 9, 1974, Gerald Nichols, appellant, was convicted by a jury of murder of the second degree, burglary, aggravated robbery, and other related offenses.1 After a denial of Nichols' motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, judgments of sentence totalling twenty to forty years imprisonment were imposed.

No appeals were then entered. However, in 1976, postconviction...

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