Commonwealth v. Tempest

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In a nonjury trial, Mrs. Patricia Tempest (appellant) was convicted of murder of the first degree for the drowning of her six-year old son. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed and presents issues of whether the evidence was sufficient to find appellant sane and guilty of murder of the first degree, and whether appellant’s confession was properly admitted into evidence. 1

The record discloses that appellant has been emotionally disturbed since adolescence. Evidently, appellant suffers from…