Commonwealth v. Moon

*30Dissenting and Concurring Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell :

Justice Chidsey-'s opinion is excellent as far as it goes, but in two respects it does not go far enough.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree; the jury rejected defendant’s defense of insanity and fixed the penalty at death. A motion was made by defendant for a new trial but before that motion' was disposed of and before sentence, a petition was presented to the Court for the appointment of a Sanity Commission under §8J¡1¡. of the Mental Health Act of June 12, 1951, P. L. 533, as amended.. Commitment was denied by the…