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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

456 Pa. 550 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Auerbach, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorney, William R. Toal, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, March 25, 1974:

Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Sherwood Holland.1 He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of 4 to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. This is a direct appeal from that judgment of sentence.2

The sole contention of the appellant is that the sentence imposed was excessive under the circumstances of this case, and...

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