COMMONWEALTH v. CLARK


404 Pa. 143 (1961)

Commonwealth v. Clark, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Albert Lehrman, with him Frank S. Seiders, Jr., for appellant.

Norman M. Yoffe, for appellant.

John A.F. Hall, Assistant District Attorney, with him Martin H. Lock, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, May 25, 1961:

Alexander Hyram Clark and Marion Elizabeth Flood were found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal to this court appellants raise several grounds for a new trial which were rejected by the court below en banc.

The record of the proceedings below reflects a number of unusual incidents which, it is alleged, may have affected the propriety of the disposition of this prosecution...

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