(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth v. Peterson" by Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Peterson
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 02, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Appellant, Raymond Peterson, was indicted, together with several alleged accomplices, on counts of armed robbery, receiving stolen goods and violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. Pretrial motions to suppress identification testimony and for separate trials on the two indictments were denied and a jury trial was held in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The trial judge sustained appellants demurrers to all charges except the two counts of armed robbery. On these charges the jury returned verdicts of guilty. Motions for a new trial were denied, and Peterson was sentenced to two concurrent terms of from three and one-half to seven years imprisonment. An appeal to the Superior Court resulted in a per curiam affirmance, Commonwealth v. Peterson, 222 Pa. Superior Ct. 747, 294 A.2d 741 (1972). This Court granted allocatur.