Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Butler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 3, 1973No. Appeal, 509Published
1Opinion of the Court
454 Pa. 95 (1973)
Commonwealth
v.
Butler, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted April 30, 1973.
October 3, 1973.
Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.
Richard W. Lins, Jr. and Alexander Ogle, for appellant.
Charles M. Koontz and Gordon E. Stroup, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, October 3, 1973:
Appellant pled guilty to and was convicted on two counts of murder in the first degree. This appeal is taken from the imposition of two consecutive life sentences.[1]
The Commonwealth's evidence establishes the…
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