COMMONWEALTH v. SIMALA


434 Pa. 219 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Simala, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dino S. Persio, with him William K. Eckel, for appellant.

Ferdinand F. Bionaz, District Attorney, with him William P. Kelly, First Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 23, 1969:

On the morning of March 1, 1967, the body of Thomas Serenko was found on a country road near the Borough of Portage in Cambria County. An investigation of the crime was begun by a Corporal Pelesky of the State Police and two other officers. An autopsy performed on the body of the deceased revealed that the cause of death was a bullet wound from a .22 caliber gun.

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