COMMONWEALTH v. GARRISON


443 Pa. 220 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Garrison, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Knox, with him Harry J. Greenstein, for appellant.

Jeffrey Brodkin, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy 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 and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, June 28, 1971:

Appellant was indicted on three bills for murder, involuntary manslaughter and voluntary manslaughter but was arraigned only on the murder charge. Found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder, the court imposed a sentence of five to ten years' imprisonment after disposition of post-trial motions. This appeal followed.

On the evening of May 19, 1967, appellant encountered the deceased together with appellant's...

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