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COM. v. TEMPEST

496 Pa. 436 (1981)

437 A.2d 952

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Patricia TEMPEST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen C. Nasuti, court-appointed, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Kenneth Gallant, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In a nonjury trial, Mrs. Patricia Tempest (appellant) was convicted of murder of the first degree for the drowning of her six-year old son. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed and presents issues of whether the evidence was sufficient to find appellant sane and guilty of murder of the first degree, and whether appellant...

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