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COM. v. LAWSON

519 Pa. 175 (1988)

546 A.2d 589

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David A. LAWSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Shrager, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Sean Kevin Code, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Appellant originally pled guilty to homicide and was convicted of murder in the third degree. One week later he was permitted to withdraw his guilty plea and then proceeded to trial by a jury which found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of William Carter.1 Appellant raises three issues for our review in his demand for a new trial. First, on cross-examination of the Appellant...

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