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COM. v. MADISON

501 Pa. 485 (1983)

462 A.2d 228

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Russell MADISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Segal, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., David Da Costa, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a decision by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which imposed on appellant, Russell Madison, judgments of sentence for first degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime. We now affirm.1

On December 30, 1977, Philadelphia police were called to the scene of a homicide. While searching the premises they discovered the body of Luther Collins (hereinafter...

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