Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jefferson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 12, 1971No. Appeals, 530, 570 and 571PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Eagen,
Irving Jefferson was convicted by the same jury of murder in the first degree, aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Motions in arrest of the judgments or for a new trial were denied. On the murder conviction, Jefferson was sentenced to life imprisonment as the jury directed, and on the robbery conviction he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 5 to 20 years. Sentence was not imposed on the conviction for carrying a concealed deadly weapon. From the judgment of sentence on the murder conviction, an appeal [No. 530] was filed in this…
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