COMMONWEALTH v. DEYELL


399 Pa. 563 (1960)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Deyell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. DeMedio, Assistant District Attorney, with him Michael A. Hanna, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Robert L. Ceisler, with him John Solomon, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, May 4, 1960:

The defendant was indicted and tried for the murder of Rose Popiolkowski Price. At the conclusion of the Commonwealth's case, the trial judge sustained a demurrer to the evidence because the corpus delicti had not been established. The Commonwealth appeals.

In evaluating the correctness of the court's ruling in sustaining the demurrer, the evidence must be read in the light...

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