COMMONWEALTH v. GATES


429 Pa. 453 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Gates, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.S. Parnell, and Parnell & Parnell, for appellant.

W. Thomas Malcolm, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 16, 1968.

Following a trial before judge and jury at which appellant pleaded not guilty and relied upon the defense of alibi, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at life imprisonment. Appellant Gates' subsequent appeal to this Court resulted in an affirmance of his conviction. Commonwealth v. Gates, 392 Pa. 557, 141 A.2d 219 (1958). He now...

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