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COM. v. DeBOSE

501 Pa. 399 (1983)

461 A.2d 797

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Melvin DeBOSE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Marino, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Melvin DeBose appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment imposed following his conviction by a jury of first degree murder. Notice of this appeal was filed on November 12, 1980; therefore, this Court has jurisdiction under former 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 722(1), 1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, as amended 1978, April 28, P.L. 202, No. 53, § 10(4), (rewritten, 1980, Sept. 23, P.L. 686 No. 137...

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