COMMONWEALTH v. DENNIS


433 Pa. 525 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Dennis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Stack, for appellant.

James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, with him Ivan Michaelson Czap, 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, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 23, 1969:

On April 7, 1967, defendant was indicted on three bills charging murder, manslaughter and voluntary manslaughter for the death of his girlfriend Essmond Davis. Thereafter defendant was arraigned on the murder bill and after pleading not guilty, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence was ample to sustain this conviction and even...

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