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COM. v. WADE

485 Pa. 453 (1979)

402 A.2d 1360

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Gordon I. WADE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Martin, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Kathryn Lease Simpson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Gordon I. Wade, was convicted of murder of the first degree for the strangulation slaying of Donna Murphy. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant first claims that the trial court erred in refusing to discharge him because of the Commonwealth's alleged noncompliance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. We do not agree.

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