Commonwealth v. Witherspoon

481 Pa. 321 (1978)

392 A.2d 1313

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Lawrence WITHERSPOON, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted October 17, 1977.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Defender Assn. of Phila., John W. Packel, Asst. Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common…