COMMONWEALTH v. TALLEY


456 Pa. 574 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Talley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George G. Lindsay, with him Stanley J. Burke, for appellant.

Richard B. Russell, District Attorney, with him Cyrus Palmer Dolbin, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, April 23, 1974:

Appellant, Maurice M. Talley, was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows: On January 19, 1968, the body of one Miss Patricia Sholley was discovered in Schuylkill County, along Route 895...

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