COMMONWEALTH v. HELLER


369 Pa. 457 (1952)

Commonwealth v. Heller, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin R. Donolow, for appellant.

Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, with him Armand Della Porta and Michael von Moschzisker, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, March 24, 1952:

Defendant killed his wife and the jury found him guilty of murder of the first degree with penalty of life imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction.

The parties had been married for ten years and the wife was thirty years of age. At the trial defendant testified that she was a hypochondriac, extremely nervous, and continually expressing the fear that she would...

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