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COM. v. McGUIRE

487 Pa. 208 (1979)

409 A.2d 313

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles L. McGUIRE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, John H. Corbett, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Jacqueline M. Verney, Leo M. Dillon, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Charles McGuire, was charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of his seventeen year old son, Darell. On motion of the prosecution the court dismissed the charge of involuntary manslaughter. Appellant was tried without a jury and found guilty of murder in the third degree. Postverdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced...

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