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COMMONWEALTH v. COCKFIELD

431 Pa. 639 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Cockfield, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil B. Moore, for appellant.

Paul R. Michel, Assistant District Attorney, with him Benjamin H. Levintow and Michael J. Rotko, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, October 3, 1968:

On April 7, 1960, Ida Quattlebaum and her two young children lost their lives from carbon monoxide poisoning and severe burns suffered in a fire which substantially damaged their dwelling house in the City of Philadelphia. Charles Cockfield was arrested for deliberately setting the fire. On March 31, 1964, after a jury trial, he was convicted of arson and three separate counts of murder. On the murder convictions, the...

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