COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARDS


380 Pa. 52 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Edwards, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Nardello, with him John R. Meade, for appellant.

Samuel Dash, with him Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorneys and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, January 3, 1955:

The defendant was indicted and tried for murder for a killing committed in the perpetration of a robbery. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at death. On this appeal from the judgment of sentence, the defendant assigns two alleged trial errors. He does not assert, however, that they entitle him to a new trial. His counsel frankly state that the seven witnesses called by the defendant...

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