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COM. v. BRIGHTWELL

492 Pa. 424 (1981)

424 A.2d 1263

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Richard P. BRIGHTWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Davis, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

David E. Fritchey, Chief, Appeals Unit, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Richard P. Brightwell, was convicted of, inter alia, both murder of the third degree and voluntary manslaughter for the June 24, 1974 shooting killing of Nanny Brown. Before the trial court accepted these obviously inconsistent verdicts, he called opposing counsel to sidebar and stated that "It is my understanding that the verdict in this case would be recorded as guilty of murder of the third degree...

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