COMMONWEALTH v. GATES


392 Pa. 557 (1958)

Commonwealth v. Gates.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.S. Parnell, Sr., with him G.S. Parnell, Jr., and Parnell and Parnell, for appellant.

Donald M. Miller, Special Assistant District Attorney, with him J. Murray Buterbaugh, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, May 2, 1958:

The defendant was indicted and tried for the murder of his neighbor and landlord, Louis Turk. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. After refusal of his motion for new trial, he now appeals from the judgment and sentence.

Defendant assigns numerous reasons in support of his appeal, raising the following questions: (1) Was the evidence sufficient to justify...

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