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KRAVITZ ESTATE

418 Pa. 319 (1965)

Kravitz Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desmond J. McTighe, with him Philip D. Weiss, and Duffy, McTighe & McElhone, for appellant.

Morris Passon, with him Leon H. Fox, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 30, 1965:

May a convicted slayer relitigate in the Orphans' Court the issue of murder and the question of his guilt?

Ethel Kravitz, the appellant, was indicted for the murder of her husband, Max Kravitz, in their home in Wynnewood, on July 4, 1958. She pleaded not guilty; she was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury on December 12, 1958, and on July 17, 1959...

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