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COM. v. SMITH

524 Pa. 72 (1990)

569 A.2d 337

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Levi SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Philadelphia, Chief, Appeals Div., Leonard N. Sosnou, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia, Chief, Appeals Div., Karen Grigsby, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Appellant raises two issues for our review: (1) whether he was deprived of a speedy trial guaranteed by Pa.R. Crim.P. 1100 as well as by constitutional requirements; and (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a weapon recovered from his coat pocket.

Appellant and a confederate were arrested on January 4, 1985, and charged with the pistol-beating...

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