Commonwealth v. Tuck

HESTER, Judge:

In a non-jury trial, Herbert Tuck, appellant, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant’s conviction stemmed from an incident in which he shot and killed his concubine, Deborah Humphrey, at Latona Street in Philadelphia on April 24, 1980. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to not less than five years nor more than ten years. 1 Appellant then filed this appeal.

The first assignment of error is the trial court’s admission of two written custodial statements given by appellant to the police shortly following his arrest. Specifically, appellant…