Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James SIMMS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1975-02-11
Citations: 462 Pa. 26
Docket Number: Appeal No. 651
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James SIMMS, Petitioner.
Judges: JONES, U J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 462
Pages: 26–27

Head Matter:
333 A.2d 477
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James SIMMS, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 11, 1975.
Samuel J. Reich, Mark L. Glosser, Cooper, Schwartz, Diamond & Reich, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Peter Foster, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
And now, this 11th day of February, 1975, the petition for allocatur is granted, the order of the Superior Court affirming the judgment of sentence is reversed 228 Pa. Super. 85, 324 A.2d 365, and a new trial is awarded. See Commonwealth v. Demmitt, 456 Pa. 475, 321 A.2d 627 (1974) and Commonwealth v. Rose, 457 Pa. 380, 321 A.2d 880 (1974).
JONES, U J., filed a dissenting opinion.
ROBERTS, J., filed a concurring and dissenting opinion.