COMMONWEALTH v. PATRICK


424 Pa. 380 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Patrick, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued January 18, 1967.

March 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving W. Backman, for appellant.

Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him Welsh S. White and Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, March 14, 1967:

Appellant was indicted, in May 1960, for the murder of Lula Mae Overton and of Gloria Louise Overton. At his trial a seven-page confession, in which appellant admitted killing the two victims, was introduced into evidence. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on two bills — on one they sentenced him to life imprisonment, and on the other...

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