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Title: Commonwealth v. Allen
Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Release Date : January 28, 1972
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 56 KB

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In March of 1966, appellant, Donald Edward Allen, was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery. Following his conviction by a jury, Allen appealed to the Superior Court which reversed the judgment and remanded the case for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Allen, 212 Pa. Superior Ct. 314, 242 A.2d 901 (1968). Appellant was subsequently retried and on March 24, 1969, the jury returned a verdict of guilty to the charge of aggravated robbery. Appellant then filed a motion for a new trial which was dismissed, and the Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence, per curiam. Commonwealth v. Allen, 220 Pa. Superior Ct. 44, 281 A.2d 706 (1971) (Spaulding and Hoffman, JJ., dissenting). We granted allocatur.