COMMONWEALTH v. LABOY


440 Pa. 579 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Laboy, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Patrick Zimmerman, with him Thomas E. Harting, for appellant.

Henry J. Rutherford, First Assistant District Attorney, and Clarence C. Newcomer, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, November 12, 1970:

On October 19, 1968, appellant, Roberto Santiago Laboy, brandishing a kitchen knife, chased his wife, Carmen Mercado, Laboy, out of the house and into the street, caught up to her and stabbed her in full view of some residents of the neighborhood. Mrs. Laboy died shortly thereafter of a punctured lung, and the appellant was arrested and charged with murder.

Represented by two court-appointed lawyers, appellant...

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