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COM. v. HOLLY

483 Pa. 371 (1979)

396 A.2d 1215

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John HOLLY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeal Div., Paul S. Diamond, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellant.

James J. Phelan, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On February 9, 1973, John Holly was convicted of murder of the first degree by a jury following trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. After denial of post-verdict motions, judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. A direct appeal resulted in affirmance of the judgment of sentence by an equally divided court.1 Commonwealth v....

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