COMMONWEALTH v. WRIGHT


455 Pa. 480 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Wright, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr., with him Zack, Myers and Atkinson, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant 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 POMEROY, March 25, 1974:

At about 3 o'clock on the morning of March 14, 1970, Lorraine Miles, a thirteen year old girl, was seen standing on the outside ledge of a fourth story window of a Philadelphia apartment house. She was calling for her brother, David. Russell Wright, the appellant, then 26 years old, was observed leaning from an adjacent window, swinging his arms towards Lorraine. Lorraine lost her balance and fell to her death.

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