Commonwealth v. Foose

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Jones,

Following a jury trial appellant was convicted and sentenced on charges of aggravated robbery and conspiracy. On direct appeal the Superior Court affirmed per curiam over the dissent of two judges. Com. v. Foose, 216 Pa. Superior Ct. 209, 263 A. 2d 780 (1970). We granted allocatur.

On February 3, 1965, a robbery perpetrated by two persons occurred in a Philadelphia tavern during the course of which a Texaco credit card was taken from John Shinners, a patron. Six days later, two men entered a service station in Abington, Pennsylvania^ at which time one of the men,…