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COMMONWEALTH v. COONEY

431 Pa. 153 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Cooney, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I.B. Sinclair, for appellant.

Vram Nedurian, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorney, William R. Toal, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, August 6, 1968:

Carl Joseph Cooney was charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter arising out of the killing of Sylvia Jackson Cooney. He was tried by a jury and found not guilty of murder, but guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He has appealed from the judgment of sentence, which consisted of a fine of $500 and imprisonment for not less than four or more than eight years.

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