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COM. v. SMITH

487 Pa. 626 (1980)

410 A.2d 787

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Leroy SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Savage, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div.; Virginia Kerr, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant, Leroy Smith, was convicted in a jury trial of murder in the first degree and three counts of robbery. Postverdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction with three ten-to-twenty prison terms for the robbery convictions. This appeal followed.

On December 16, 1975, four men armed with guns entered a West Philadelphia bar, announced a holdup and...

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