COMMONWEALTH v. LONG


460 Pa. 461 (1975)

333 A.2d 865

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James LONG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. Lowenthal, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, William P. Boland, Asst. Dist. Attys., Chief, Appeals Div., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

James Edward Long, the appellant, was tried and convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. Following the denial of post-trial motions, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from five to ten years. From that judgment of sentence appellant has taken this appeal, urging upon us two grounds for reversal.

Long contends, first, that the evidence was insufficient...

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