Commonwealth v. Dollman

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On December 20, 1984, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, the appellee, Kathleen Dollman, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. A sentence of three to six years imprisonment was imposed. An appeal was taken to the Superior Court, whereupon the conviction was reversed and a new trial was granted, 355 Pa.Super. 108, 512 A.2d 1234. The instant appeal ensued.

The incident from which the conviction arose was one in which Dollman shot and killed her husband. At trial, Dollman claimed that she was a “battered wife,” 1 and that *88the killing was…