Commonwealth v. Patskin

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

William PatsMn was indicted and tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Lackawanna County in October, 1951, for the murder of his wife. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. The murder was a particularly brutal one. Defendant made several detailed confessions and reenacted the crime in the presence of police officers. Nevertheless, he pleaded “not guilty”, interposed the defense of insanity and did not take the witness stand or deny anything.

After a careful review of the testimony, we affirmed the conviction in 372 Pa.…