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COMMONWEALTH v. WRIGHT

458 Pa. 236 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Wright, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Freedman, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Wallace B. Eldridge, III, Assistant District Attorney, with him Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, November 20, 1974.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed on Edward Juan Wright following his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree. Two issues are presented: (1) Was the Commonwealth's evidence sufficient to warrant a finding of murder in the first degree; and (2) Was the Commonwealth's evidence sufficient to establish a causal connection between the act of the accused and the death...

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