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COM. ex rel. SPRANGLE v. MARONEY

423 Pa. 589 (1967)

Commonwealth ex rel. Sprangle, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius Joseph Sprangle, appellant, in propria persona.

Edwin J. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 4, 1967:

James Green was shot to death on December 4, 1962 in Pittsburgh. Cornelius J. Sprangle was arrested for a traffic violation in York in April 1964 and a routine check revealed that he was wanted in Pittsburgh for the murder of Green. In September 1964 Sprangle was tried by a jury on an indictment charging the murder of Green and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. At trial Sprangle admitted shooting Green, but claimed...

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