1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 457 Pa.
  5. 457 Pa. 594 (1974)
 

COMMONWEALTH v. GOINS

457 Pa. 594 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Goins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued April 24, 1973.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lipschitz, with him Julian F. King, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, 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, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE NIX, July 1, 1974:

This appeal again raises the ever-troublesome problem of the extent to which a court is permitted to comment on the evidence in its charge to the jury. We are satisfied that in this case, the trial court exceeded the permissible limits and that a new trial must be awarded.

On the evening of October 6, 1967, at approximately 9:30 P.M. the deceased, Ceretta Bryson, then twenty

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases