Commonwealth v. Campbell

HESTER, Judge:

On March 13, 1972, the appellant, Robert J. Campbell, entered the retail jewelry store of Lebuskes and Sons, Jewelers, in the Borough of Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with an accomplice and armed with a shotgun. Bernard Lebuskes and his mother, Ann Lebuskes, were in the store at that time.

Both the appellant and accomplice attempted to forcibly remove a box of rings from Ann Lebuskes’s grasp. Ann Lebuskes refused to release the box; consequently, the appellant struck her arm with the shotgun thereby forcing her to release it. Having gained possession of the box, the…