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COMMONWEALTH v. PENN

444 Pa. 526 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Penn, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Andrews, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, October 12, 1971:

Appellant shot and killed Jerome Brown on December 21, 1968. He was indicted for murder and for carrying a concealed deadly weapon. He was tried on the murder indictment and the jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

Jerome Brown died of a gunshot wound which appellant admits firing, but appellant claims that the shooting was done in self-defense or accidentally...

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