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COM. v. BRIDGE

495 Pa. 568 (1981)

435 A.2d 151

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Carl A. BRIDGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 24, 1981.

Reargument Denied January 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Gent, III, Franklin, for appellant.

F. Walter Bloom, III, Dist. Atty., Wm. G. Martin, Franklin, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Carl A. Bridge, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five (5) to ten (10) years following a jury finding that he was guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The charge resulted from the shooting by appellant of his ex-wife, in the head, causing her death. At trial the Commonwealth attempted to establish murder of the first degree. Evidence was introduced by the prosecution to establish that appellant killed his...

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