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COMMONWEALTH v. MARKLE

394 Pa. 34 (1958)

Commonwealth v. Markle, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Steiner, for appellant.

Harry A. Heilman, Jr., District Attorney, with him James D. McClister, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, November 10, 1958:

John Clarence Markle, Jr. pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife. The trial judges after hearing evidence on behalf of the Commonwealth and the defendant, pursuant to the Act of 1939, P.L. 872, Section 701, 18 PS § 4701 adjudged him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Markle has appealed contending...

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