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COMMONWEALTH v. NEWKIRK

455 Pa. 559 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Newkirk, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Watkins, with him Abraham T. Needleman, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him David Richman, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 25, 1974:

The single question raised in this direct appeal from appellant's conviction of voluntary manslaughter1 is whether the Commonwealth satisfied its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt, in this jury-waived trial, that the gunshot wound concededly inflicted upon the deceased by appellant was the legal cause of death. In all other respects, the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged...

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