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COM. v. TURNER

499 Pa. 579 (1982)

454 A.2d 537

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Stephen TURNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Flora L. Becker, Philadelphia, Court-appointed, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Gurevitz, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal1 from the judgment of sentence, following appellant's conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime, but acquittal of murder.

Appellant was charged in the shooting death of Richard Hilton, occurring in a Philadelphia bar. Conflicting evidence was offered as to whether the gun was fired during the course of a struggle...

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