Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Duval
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1973No. Appeal, 24PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Pomeroy,
Appellant George DuVal was convicted by a jury in 1968 of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and, following denial of post-trial motions, was sentenced to a term of six to twelve years. This direct appeal comes to us under the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 427, §57, 19 P.S. §1182.
Five reasons are advanced why appellant’s conviction cannot stand. One of the five—that the Commonwealth erred in not including a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the bill of indictment presented to the grand jury—was not presented to the court below by post-trial motion and under…
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3Cited by55 opinions
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