Commonwealth v. Miller

OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant, Henry B. Miller, entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with the May 4, 1973, mur der of his mother, Mariella Miller. Following a degree of guilt hearing at which both the prosecution and appellant presented testimony, a court en banc set the degree of guilt at murder in the first degree. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment and this appeal followed.

Appellant’s sole contention on this appeal is that the trial court erred in finding appellant guilty of murder in the first degree in view of the psychiatric testimony submitted at the…