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COMMONWEALTH v. UPDEGROVE

413 Pa. 599 (1964)

Commonwealth v. Updegrove, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 17, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin A. Woerle, with him John E. Ruth, and Ruth, Weidner, Woerle & Yoder, for appellant.

Peter F. Cianci, First Assistant District Attorney, with him Frederick O. Brubaker, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 17, 1964:

The appellant, Miriam D. Updegrove, was indicted and tried for the murder of her husband. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was dismissed and sentence imposed in accordance with the verdict. From the judgment, this appeal is prosecuted.

While the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict is not questioned...

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