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COMMONWEALTH v. SWANSON

432 Pa. 293 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Swanson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. DiFrancesco, with him DiFrancesco & DiFrancesco, for appellant.

Ferdinand F. Bionaz, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, November 12, 1968:

This is an appeal from a Judgment of sentence entered after the Court had denied defendant's motion for a new trial.

In December 1966, defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder. The jury then fixed the penalty at life imprisonment.

Ronald Webb, the only witness to the killing, testified for the Commonwealth. Defendant had been involved...

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