Commonwealth v. Schaller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County following appellant’s conviction of murder of the third degree.
Appellant raises eleven issues in this appeal. However, the single critical issue presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the complete statutory law of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant was charged with criminal homicide under the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2501.1 At trial he made a timely request for an instruction on the definition of…
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stevenson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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