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Commonwealth v. Johnston

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1970No. Appeal, 292Published

1Opinion of the Court

438 Pa. 485 (1970)

Commonwealth

v.

Johnston, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 17, 1969.

March 20, 1970.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

Lewis Tanner Moore, for appellant.

John E. Gallagher, Assistant District Attorney, with him Charles H. Spaziani, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 20, 1970:

Earl F. Johnston was tried before a jury in Northampton County on an indictment charging him with the murder of Charles Pittman, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. After post-trial motions…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FlaxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. IacobinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Commonwealth v. NobleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  5. Commonwealth v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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