Commonwealth v. Bobko

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

Appellant, Francis P. Bobko, Jr., was fried jointly with two other codefendants and was found guilty of armed robbery. Following the denial of post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to a term of not less than five years nor more than ten years imprisonment. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence per curiam, with Judge Hqeeman filing a dissenting opinion in which Judge Spaulding and Judge Ceucone joined. Commonwealth v. Bobko, 221 Pa. Superior Ct. 100, 288 A. 2d 925 (1972). We granted allocatur and now we reverse.

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