Commonwealth v. Hannah

Full title: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John HANNAH, Petitioner

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jun 4, 1975

341 A.2d 68 (Pa. 1975)

341 A.2d 68

Opinion

Decided June 4, 1975.

Appeal from Judgment of the Superior Court at No. 727 October Term 1974.

Mark A. Lublin, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The petition for allocatur is granted. The order of the Superior Court affirming the judgment of sentence is reversed and a new trial is hereby granted. See Commonwealth v. Triplett, 462 Pa. 244, 341 A.2d 62 (1975).

JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, J., dissent.