Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Drew
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 27, 1983No. 80-1-178PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Justice.
On July 29, 1980 appellant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of her husband, Harry Drew. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied and she was sentenced to three to ten years imprisonment. This appeal followed.
Our attention is directed to several assignments of error which appellant contends compel the award of a new trial. Since we find no merit in the issues advanced, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
Initially, appellant contends that the refusal of the trial court to permit her counsel to ask certain…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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