COMMONWEALTH v. HILL


444 Pa. 323 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Hill, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Richman, with him Steinberg, Greenstein, Richman & Price, for appellant.

Mark Sendrow, 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 POMEROY, October 12, 1971:

In 1968 appellant was arrested for the homicide of one Leslie Mae Davis. He was charged under indictments for murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. He was tried by a jury and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Post-trial motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied, and appellant was sentenced to four to twelve years in a state correctional...

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