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COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARDS

466 Pa. 336 (1976)

353 A.2d 383

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Samuel EDWARDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Cottrell, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief Appeals Div., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Samuel Edwards raises two issues on this appeal1 from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter:2 (1) was his motion for a new trial erroneously denied because the trial court, sitting without a jury, considered information improperly received during the jury waiver colloquy; and (2) was the evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction for voluntary...

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