Commonwealth v. Edwards

Opinion by

Me. Justice Musmanno,

On June 22,1957, in the city of Philadelphia, Curtis Raymond Edwards, being then 14 years and 11 months of age, shot and killed Martin Daniels, Sr. He was indicted for murder and found guilty of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. He has appealed for a new trial, alleging trial errors. Only one needs to be considered.

The defense was insanity. The Trial Judge charged the jury: “Now, if you find that the defense of insanity, as I have outlined it to you, has been established by a fair preponderance of the evidence, then you…