OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, June 28, 1971:
Appellant appeals from a judgment of sentence following conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. The primary question raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in permitting the Commonwealth to cross-examine its own witness for the purpose of impeachment.
The Commonwealth's witness, one Elmer Troup, testified to a shotgun battle between appellant and the deceased victim. In the course of his direct...
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