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COM. v. GILES

500 Pa. 413 (1983)

456 A.2d 1356

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James M. GILES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nino V. Tinari, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Mariana Sorensen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On August 2, 1978, 62-year-old Willa Mae Hill was brutally stabbed to death and her apartment was ransacked. In connection with these crimes, a jury found appellant James M. Giles guilty of murder of the second degree and robbery. Following the denial of post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for murder and ten to twenty years imprisonment for...

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