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COM. v. COTTLE

493 Pa. 377 (1981)

426 A.2d 598

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Ernest COTTLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Kenneth Gallant, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

The issue in the present appeal is whether the sentencing judge in imposing the maximum prison sentence upon appellant for a violation of probation abused his discretion in view of the circumstances of this case.

On February 25, 1969, one Mike Matthew Holmes was sentenced by this writer.* Mr. Holmes had been convicted as a participant in a robbery of a SEPTA trolley. At that proceeding...

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