Case Name: Commonwealth, v. Meehan, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1963-01-21
Citations: 409 Pa. 616
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 432
Parties: Commonwealth, v. Meehan, Appellant.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen and O’Brien, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 409
Pages: 616–618

Head Matter:
Commonwealth, v. Meehan, Appellant.
Argued November 28, 1962.
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen and O’Brien, JJ.
January 21, 1963:
Mary Alice Duffy, for appellant.
Burton Satzberg, Assistant District Attorney, with liim Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Grumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion
Pee Curiam,
The defendant was convicted of the crimes of aggravated robbery and conspiracy. He was sentenced to the penitentiary on the robbery conviction. Sentence, on the conspiracy conviction was suspended. On appeal, the Superior Court affirmed the judgment: Commonwealth, v. Meehan, 198 Pa. Superior Ct. 558, 182 A. 2d 243 (1962). We granted allocatur.
Our study of the record and the unusual circumstances it discloses is convincing that a new trial is required for the réásons given in the minority opinion of Judge Flood of the Superior Court. See also, Commonwealth ex rel. Whitling v. Russell, 406 Pa. 45, 176 A. 2d 641 (1962).
Order affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence is reversed. A new trial is ordered.