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COMMONWEALTH v. JEFFERSON

423 Pa. 541 (1967)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Jefferson.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Pine, First Assistant District Attorney, with him A. Alfred Delduco, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Samuel J. Halpren, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 4, 1967:

The Commonwealth appeals from an order below granting a new trial to Elouise Jefferson who was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree with the punishment fixed at life imprisonment. The new trial was granted solely because the trial court concluded that prejudicial evidence was erroneously admitted at trial.1

The crime involved the fatal stabbing of one Marie Huggins on...

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