COMMONWEALTH v. BLAIR


460 Pa. 231 (1975)

332 A.2d 441

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph BLAIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Gottlieb, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., James Wilson, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph Blair, was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of two to eight years in a state correctional institution. This appeal followed.

Appellant's conviction arose out of the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law, Robert Clift, on November 17, 1972, in Philadelphia.

Appellant first argues...

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