COMMONWEALTH v. COLLAZO


407 Pa. 494 (1962)

Commonwealth v. Collazo, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Douglas, Jr., for appellant.

Richard C. Snelbaker, Assistant District Attorney, with him Harold S. Irwin, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 21, 1962:

This is one of those homicidal cases where life has been treated as if it were something paltry, instead, as it really is, the all-pervading motif of the universe. As the result of an absurd altercation, which involved no important factual, and certainly no moral issue, between the contestants, life was destroyed and the destroyer has become a criminal. The convicted destroyer now appeals to this Court seeking the freedom...

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