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COMMONWEALTH v. BURNS

409 Pa. 619 (1963)

Commonwealth v. Burns, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 21, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham J. Brem Levy, for appellant.

Richard A. Sprague, Assistant District Attorney, with him Burton Satzberg and Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorneys, Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, January 21, 1963:

The appellant, Thomas E. Burns, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. The appellant and Marie Coleman had been living in a meretricious relationship for several years prior to January 10, 1959, when she was last seen alive. Burns and Marie Coleman were the sole occupants of a house in Philadelphia, using the second floor and third floor as their living quarters. Both were employed...

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