Peyton v. Margiotti

398 Pa. 86 (1959)

Peyton

v.

Margiotti, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 6, 1959.

December 30, 1959.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.

Samuel L. Goldstein, with him Alexander L. Suto, and Suto, Power, Goldstein & Walsh, for appellant.

J.I. Simon, with him James A. Danahey, for appellees.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BOK, December 30, 1959:

In 1947 Charles J. Margiotti, Esquire, defended Charles Peyton against a charge of felonious homicide. The result was a conviction of murder in the second degree, which, with a recommendation of mercy, led Chief Justice…