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COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN

473 Pa. 562 (1977)

375 A.2d 1260

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Melvin Douglas BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargument and/or Clarification Denied August 10, 1977.

Decided July 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, Lester G. Nauhaus, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Linda L. Kelly, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Melvin Douglas Brown was indicted on charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter arising out of the October 13, 1973 killing of Mary Lee Walters. Appellant's pre-trial application to suppress was denied and the case proceeded to trial on June 18, 1974. The jury found appellant guilty of murder of the second degree. Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment...

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