COM. v. BOSTIC


500 Pa. 345 (1983)

456 A.2d 1320

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Joseph E. BOSTIC, Jr., Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Alton BRADBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Baldi, Asst. Public Defender, Michael A. Klimpl, Asst. Public Defender (court-appointed), for appellants.

Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This appeal raises a single, legal issue, namely, whether the sentencing of appellants to consecutive prison terms upon their convictions for aggravated robbery and for committing a crime of violence while in possession of a firearm violates their rights under the double jeopardy clauses of the federal and state constitutions to be protected against multiple punishments for one offense. We...

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