Commonwealth v. Derembeis

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The separate appeals of Nicholas Derembeis and John Arendash from their respective sentences of not less than twelve and one-half nor more than twenty-five years to the penitentiary, following their joint conviction of the crimes of mayhem and robbery, may be disposed of in a single opinion.

Upon a careful review of the record in this unusual case, we have reached the conclusion that it should be retried in order to safeguard the administration of justice as between the Commonwealth and these appellants.

Our decision is not based upon any specific assign ments of error,…