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COMMONWEALTH v. SHORTER

434 Pa. 160 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Shorter, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund Pawelec, with him Samuel M. Lehrer, for appellant.

Edward G. Rendell, Assistant District Attorney, with him Lewis P. Mitrano and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, April 23, 1969:

The appellant, Benjamin Shorter, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia County of voluntary manslaughter. Motions in arrest of judgment or a new trial were dismissed, and a sentence of imprisonment was imposed. Shorter appeals from the judgment.

The only evidence at trial was offered by the Commonwealth. This evidence, which consisted of the testimony of Shorter's son...

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