COMMONWEALTH v. KING


455 Pa. 363 (1974)

Commonwealth v. King, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Swem, Assistant Public Defender, with him John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

John G. Alford, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, March 25, 1974:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Appellant was found guilty by a jury of second degree murder on March 30, 1973. Post-trial motions were denied and on June 30, 1973, he was sentenced to a term of seven to twenty years' imprisonment.

The underlying facts can be summarized as follows. On June 26, 1972, the victim, Michael Guy, was fatally...

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