COMMONWEALTH v. DONOVAN


447 Pa. 450 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Donovan, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yale B. Bernstein, with him William J. Brickley, and Brickley, Torpey & Bernstein, for appellant.

William P. Boland, 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 O'BRIEN, May 25, 1972:

Appellant, Edward J. Donovan, at age sixteen, was found guilty of second-degree murder on February 2, 1970, after a nonjury trial. The Commonwealth had certified that the case was not one of first-degree murder. After denial of his post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to a term of six to twenty years.

On appeal, appellant raises only one issue. He contends that the trial judge committed reversible error...

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