Commonwealth v. Deyell

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The defendant was indicted and tried for the murder of Bose Popiolkowski Price. At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s ease, the trial judge sustained a demurrer to the evidence because the corpus delicti had not been established. The Commonwealth appeals.

In evaluating the correctness of the court’s ruling in sustaining the demurrer, the evidence must be read in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth’s case: Commonwealth v. Shiroff, 131 Pa. Superior Ct. 565, 200 Atl. 204 (1938). Substantially, the Commonwealth’s evidence proved the following facts. The…