COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARDS


431 Pa. 44 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Edwards, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. Segal, with him Needleman, Needleman, Segal & Tabb, for appellant.

Michael M. Baylson, Assistant District Attorney, with him Michael J. Rotko, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, August 6, 1968:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of five to twelve years imposed on appellant following conviction by a jury of second degree murder and denial of post-trial motions.

At approximately 8:15 p.m. on January 7, 1965, at 52nd and Girard Avenue, in Philadelphia, a scuffle occurred among three people. David Nutter was shot in the buttocks and fell to the ground in the middle of the intersection. An eyewitness...

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