COMMONWEALTH v. COPELAND


439 Pa. 293 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Copeland, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Fryman, for appellant.

Deborah E. Glass, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard D. 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. JUSTICE ROBERTS, July 2, 1970:

Late in the evening of October 27, 1967, Anne R. Carter was found shot to death at her residence. Appellant, with whom Anne had been living, was taken into custody early the next morning and, approximately an hour and forty-five minutes after arriving at the police station, admitted to having shot her. When brought to trial he entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received a four to twelve year sentence...

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