COMMONWEALTH v. TURNER


371 Pa. 417 (1952)

Commonwealth v. Turner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Rome, for appellant.

Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, with him Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, May 29, 1952:

The defendant, Aaron Turner, appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree committed during the perpetration of a robbery, with sentence of death fixed by the jury. Motion for new trial was denied by the court en banc. This was defendant's third trial for the offense. Each of two earlier trials had the same outcome, but the similar sentences imposed were successively set aside for trial errors. As to...

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