Commonwealth v. Mayberry

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence, to a prison term for the crime of voluntary manslaughter, protesting that the proofs adduced at trial did not warrant a finding of guilt of that offense.

In order to determine whether his position is well taken an exact summing up of the facts and circumstances as they appear on the record is essential so that the boundaries separating the various offenses which generically group themselves under the designation homicide may be plainly seen.

Appellant was driving a Ford coupe along Highland Avenue, a much…