COMMONWEALTH v. McFADDEN


448 Pa. 146 (1972)

Commonwealth v. McFadden, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard E. Davidson, with him Astor & Weiss, for appellant.

David R. Scott, 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 JONES, C.J. EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, June 28, 1972:

The appellant, Major McFadden, was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and accessory after the fact to murder. Subsequently, motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial were denied, and a prison sentence of 1½ to 10 years was imposed on the manslaughter conviction. Sentence was suspended on the accessory after the fact conviction. These appeals followed.

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