Commonwealth v. Wrona

Opinion by

Mit. Justice Eagen,

On April 23, 1969, Joseph F. Wrona, Jr., was convicted in Philadelphia of voluntary manslaughter after a trial before the Honorable Edward J. Bradley, sitting without a jury.

Wrona’s motion for arrest of judgment or, in the alternative, a new trial was subsequently denied, and at the time fixed for sentencing the trial judge directed that Wrona serve eight year’s probation under the supervision of the State Parole Board.

Within thirty days, the district attorney filed a petition with the court for “Reconsideration of Sentence”1 averring that placing Wrona on…