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COM. v. THOMAS

510 Pa. 106 (1986)

507 A.2d 57

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Arden THOMAS, Jr., Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Emily Clay BRUCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Bogaty, Office of the Public Defender, Mercer, for appellants.

Samuel J. Orr, IV, Dist. Atty., Charles S. Hersh, Asst. Dist. Atty., James P. Epstein, Mercer, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

On May 20, 1982, appellant Emily Clay Bruce was found guilty by a judge of retail theft (second offense) for the theft of a gold necklace valued at $2.84. On September 9, 1982, appellant James Arden Thomas, Jr. pleaded guilty to retail theft (second offense) for the theft of a set of Champion spark plugs valued at $12.71. Because each of the appellants had a prior conviction for retail theft, the aforementioned crimes...

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