COMMONWEALTH v. JACKSON


450 Pa. 92 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Jackson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sallie Ann Radick and John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defenders, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MANDERINO, January 19, 1973:

Appellant, Norman M. Jackson, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to serve not less than ten nor more than twenty years. In this appeal from the judgment of sentence, the only question raised is whether the trial court unfairly participated in the trial as an advocate and thereby deprived the appellant of an impartial jury trial.

Appellant gave a statement in which he admitted that he shot...

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