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Commonwealth v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 12, 1971
281 A.2d 845 (Pa. 1971)

Opinion

January 14, 1971.

October 12, 1971.

Before JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

Appeal, No. 4, May T., 1971, from judgment of Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, March T., 1968, No. 38, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Wayman Taylor. Judgment affirmed.

Mr. Justice ROBERTS concurs in the result.

Mr. Chief Justice BELL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Indictment charging defendant with murder. Before KREIDER, P. J.

Verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter and judgment of sentence entered. Defendant appealed.

Richard R. Lefever, for appellant.

Jerome T. Foerster, Assistant District Attorney, with him LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.


Wayman Taylor appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed by the court following his conviction by a jury in Dauphin County of murder in the second degree. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury's verdict is not questioned; however, we have read the record and are completely satisfied that the trial evidence supports the conviction.

Although no request for further instructions, or exceptions of any nature were entered to the charge of the court to the jury at trial, the appellant now maintains that in two instances it was erroneous and a new trial is required. We have studied the charge in its entirety and conclude that nothing therein warrants a reversal of the judgment. The issues for decision were correctly and clearly defined and submitted in a fair manner.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. Chief Justice BELL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Mr. Justice ROBERTS concurs in result.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 12, 1971
281 A.2d 845 (Pa. 1971)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Taylor

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth v. Taylor, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 12, 1971

Citations

281 A.2d 845 (Pa. 1971)
281 A.2d 845