COMMONWEALTH v. CISNEROS


381 Pa. 447 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Cisneros, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael von Moschzisker, with him John Rogers Carroll and Thomas D. McBride, for appellant.

Samuel Dash, Acting District Attorney, with him William T. Gennetti, Assistant District Attorney, Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, April 18, 1955:

The defendant was indicted, tried before a jury, and found guilty of murder in the first degree, the penalty being fixed at life imprisonment. At trial he was represented by able counsel who had wide experience in homicide cases, but who did not argue this appeal.

Defendant had gone to his wife's home, some distance from his own residence, and when she called her mother on the telephone, he called into the telephone...

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