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COMMONWEALTH v. SCOGGINS

466 Pa. 355 (1976)

353 A.2d 392

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. David Eugene SCOGGINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Wilkes-Barre, for appellant.

Patrick J. Toole, Jr., Dist. Atty., Wilkes-Barre, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

On May 24, 1972, Alexander Edinger, an inmate at the Dallas State Correctional Institution, died of knife wounds inflicted by appellant, David Scoggins, another inmate of the institution. Appellant was charged with murder in the first degree and assault by a life prisoner.1 After a trial by jury Scoggins was convicted of murder in the first degree2 and sentenced...

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