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COMMONWEALTH v. PATSKIN

375 Pa. 368 (1953)

Commonwealth v. Patskin, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 17, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron A. Pinkus, with him Alphonsus L. Casey, for appellant.

Carlon M. O'Malley, District Attorney and Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, with them Thomas J. Foley and Ralph P. Needle, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, November 17, 1953:

William Patskin was indicted and tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Lackawanna County in October, 1951, for the murder of his wife. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. The murder was a particularly brutal one. Defendant made several detailed confessions and reenacted the crime in the presence of police officers. Nevertheless, he pleaded "not guilty", interposed the...

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