Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County quashing two related indictments. Appellee, William Henry Brown, was indicted by a grand jury on December 16, 1975, for murder and voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of one Robert Maloney. The grand jury also returned an indictment against Brown on January 12, 1976, for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with Maloney’s death. On May 26, 1976, Brown filed a motion to quash the indictments 1 and the trial court issued a rule upon the…