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COMMONWEALTH v. ROSS

452 Pa. 500 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Ross, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Lobos, with him Graham C. Showalter, and Groover & Lobos, for appellant.

A. Thomas Wilson, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, July 2, 1978:

The appellant, James L. Ross, was arrested on December 10, 1970 and charged with murder. A jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to serve two to twelve years in a correctional institution. Post-trial motions were denied, and this direct appeal followed.

One Lester Sampsell, a friend of the appellant, was shot and killed on the night of December 9, 1970 (probably soon after...

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