COM. v. HERNANDEZ


498 Pa. 405 (1982)

446 A.2d 1268

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Louis HERNANDEZ a/k/a Jose Hernandez, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Joel, Michael E. Garner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div. Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This case arose out of the death of Michael Kochmanowicz, ninety-one years old, whose body was discovered bound and gagged on his living room floor. The body was tied in such a fashion that the bindings included a connection between the wrist, up the center of the back to a gag. The gag passed under the tongue and forced it backward to where it blocked the passage of air through the mouth and...

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