COMMONWEALTH v. LITTLE


449 Pa. 28 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Little, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand Della Porta, for appellant.

Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, with him William A. Boland, 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 JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, October 4, 1972:

Appellant, La Dainty Little, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. This is an appeal, nunc pro tunc, from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant advances two related trial errors for our consideration. During the presentation of her case, the defendant called a character witness who testified that La Dainty Little had an excellent reputation in her neighborhood...

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