Commonwealth v. Simon

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Thelma Simon was indicted and tried for murder of her husband, James C. Simon. On March 1, 1962, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first' degree and after further deliberation fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Thereafter, motions for .a new trial and arrest of judgment were filed. The lower Court deferred sentencing defendant-appellant until these motions were decided.

Oh June 26, 1963, the lower Court denied these motions and sentenced defendant to the Women’s State Correctional Institution at Muncy, Pennsylvania, for the term of her…