In Re LaRussa

464 Pa. 86 (1975)

346 A.2d 32

In re Salvatore LaRUSSA.

Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 13, 1975.

Decided October 3, 1975.

Peter Noel Duhamel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is one of three companion cases[1] in which this Court must interpret the Act of November 22, 1968, P.L. 1080, 19 P.S. §§ 640.1-.6 (Supp. 1974).

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On January 31, 1974, the Philadelphia…