COM. v. GUEST


500 Pa. 393 (1983)

456 A.2d 1345

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John H. GUEST, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Bruno, II (Court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia on verdicts of guilty of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime. Because the record fails to establish appellant's entitlement to relief, we affirm.

The charges against appellant, which included murder of the third degree, stemmed from the stabbing death of George Castlebury on November...

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