COMMONWEALTH v. STOTS


436 Pa. 555 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Stots, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Acting Defender, for appellant.

Richard Max Bockol and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, 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. JUSTICE JONES, January 30, 1970:

On March 27, 1966, Mary Walker was fatally stabbed while in the apartment of D.L. Stots, the defendant, and Martha Stots. Defendant was arrested at the apartment immediately after the incident, was tried and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter before Judge Reed, sitting without a jury, and, on February 8, 1968, was sentenced to serve four to twelve years.

Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were...

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