COMMONWEALTH v. JENKINS


413 Pa. 606 (1964)

Commonwealth v. Jenkins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Benjamin Johnson, Jr., for appellant.

Vincent C. Veldorale, Assistant District Attorney, with him Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 17, 1964:

The defendant, William Alfred Jenkins, after indictment and trial was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. The sentence was fixed at life imprisonment. Following the denial of a new trial and imposition of sentence, an appeal to this Court followed.

An examination of the record discloses prejudicial error, which requires the grant of a new trial.

The grandmother of the defendant was called...

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