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COMMONWEALTH v. BEDERKA

459 Pa. 653 (1975)

331 A.2d 181

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John Paul BEDERKA Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Solomon, Simon B. John, Uniontown, for appellant.

Conrad B. Capuzzi, Dist. Atty., Lawrence D. McDaniel, Wm. M. Radcliffe, Uniontown, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, O'Brien, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, John Paul Bederka, was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

On October 24, 1971, Dr. David F. Sennett, a physician in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was found dead in the front seat of his automobile, which was parked in front of the residence of Caroline Bederka, the estranged...

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