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COMMONWEALTH v. WALZACK

468 Pa. 210 (1976)

360 A.2d 914

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Michael Nickles WALZACK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Lear, Public Defender, Stroudsburg, Michael J. Wetmore, Tannersville, for appellant.

James F. Marsh, Dist. Atty., C. Daniel Higgins, Asst. Dist. Atty., Stroudsburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Today we must decide whether psychiatric evidence is admissible to be evaluated by the jury when an accused offers it to negate the element of specific intent required for a conviction of murder of the first degree thereby reducing the crime to murder of the second degree.1 We are persuaded by the vast weight of authority that psychiatric evidence should...

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