COMMONWEALTH v. LaRUE


381 Pa. 113 (1955)

Commonwealth v. LaRue, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wesley Allen, with him Fitzhugh L. Styles, for appellant.

Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, with him Michael von Moschzisker and Samuel Dash, 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 ALLEN M. STEARNE, March 14, 1955:

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at death.

Alphonso LaRue, the defendant, is accused of the wilful and deliberate murder of Mildred Walker. She was found dead in her bedroom, with numerous fatal stab wounds on her body. It was accurately and succinctly stated by the learned trial Judge in his opinion refusing...

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