COM. v. FRENCH


501 Pa. 134 (1983)

460 A.2d 725

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James T. FRENCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Bowers, (court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Marianne Cox, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of imprisonment of eleven and one-half to twenty-three months imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia on a jury's verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant, James French, seeks a new trial on the basis of several allegations of trial error, none of which warrants relief. Hence we affirm.

Appellant's conviction stems from the shooting...

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