Commonwealth v. Clanton

395 Pa. 521 (1959)

Commonwealth

v.

Clanton, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 17, 1959.

May 8, 1959.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.

Edward E. Petrillo, for appellant.

Herbert J. Johnson, Jr., District Attorney, with him Richard V. Scarpitti, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, May 8, 1959:

Defendant was indicted and tried for murder. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. After defendant's motion for a new trial was dismissed, he appealed to this…