COMMONWEALTH v. BELL


417 Pa. 291 (1965)

Commonwealth v. Bell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Schaffer, for appellant.

Gordon Gelfond, Assistant District Attorney, with him Joseph M. Smith, 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 16, 1965:

The appellant, Darryl A. Bell, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. Punishment was fixed at death. Following the denial of a new trial and imposition of sentence in accordance with the jury's verdict, this appeal was filed. It is urged that serious trial errors were committed which require the grant of a new trial.

The undisputed evidence established that on December 22, 1960, Bell entered a grocery...

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