Commonwealth v. Peetros

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellant, James Nick Peetros, hereinafter called defendant, was found guilty by a jury of the crimes of aggravated robbery, burglary and conspiracy. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were promptly filed and overruled by the trial judge without argument on the same day that they were filed. Sentences were imposed and it is from those sentences that the defendant appeals.

The trial occurred during January, 1965. At the end of the third day of trial the defendant was on the stand being cross-examined. Court was adjourned at 5:50 p.m. until the following…