COMMONWEALTH v. SCARAMUZZINO


455 Pa. 378 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Scaramuzzino, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Geigley and Keith L. Kilgore, with them Spitler, Rowe, Silberman & Kilgore, for appellant.

George E. Christianson, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE NIX, March 25, 1974:

Appellant, Samuel Scaramuzzino, was tried by a jury and found guilty of the first degree murder of Mrs. Kathleen Gensler. Following the denial of post-trial motions a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This appeal followed.

During the course of the trial the Commonwealth was permitted to introduce, over defense counsel's timely objection, fourteen color slides in support of the pathologist's testimony as...

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