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COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARDS

394 Pa. 335 (1959)

Commonwealth v. Edwards, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 5, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garfield W. Levy, with him Donald J. Goldberg, and Levy & Oliensis, for appellant.

James McGirr Kelly, Assistant District Attorney, with him Juanita Kidd Stout, Assistant District Attorney, James N. Lafferty, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 5, 1959:

On June 22, 1957, in the city of Philadelphia, Curtis Raymond Edwards, being then 14 years and 11 months of age, shot and killed Martin Daniels, Sr. He was indicted for murder and found guilty of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. He has appealed for a new trial, alleging trial errors. Only one needs to be considered.

The defense was insanity. The Trial Judge charged the...

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