COM. v. TURNER


491 Pa. 620 (1980)

421 A.2d 1057

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Clement TURNER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Kathryn L. Simpson, Pittsburgh, John H. Corbett, Jr., Paulette J. Balogh, Asst. Public Defenders, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Clement Turner, appellee, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide in the death of Irwin Liggins, Jr., age 21 months. A non-jury trial was held before the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. At the close of the prosecution's case-in-chief, the trial judge sustained appellee's demurrer to the evidence and discharged the appellee-defendant. The Commonwealth then appealed to this Court.

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