COMMONWEALTH v. SNYDER


408 Pa. 253 (1962)

Commonwealth v. Snyder, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kanner, with him James R. Caiola, for appellant.

Harold W. Spencer, District Attorney, with him Thomas E. Waters, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, June 28, 1962:

Appellant-defendant shot and killed his brother-in-law during the course of an argument. He was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. From the judgment of conviction and sentence this appeal is prosecuted.

No question is pressed as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury, nor could there be with any merit. However, it is argued that...

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