COMMONWEALTH v. YOUNG


460 Pa. 598 (1975)

334 A.2d 252

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Jackie YOUNG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene H. Clarke, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Jackie Young, was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Posttrial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of five to ten years in a state correctional institution. This appeal followed.

Appellant's conviction arose out of the homicide of one Morris J. Washington in Philadelphia on July 27, 1973.

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