Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Anthony HINES, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-09-22
Citations: 502 Pa. 153
Docket Number: No. 80-3-768
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Anthony HINES, Appellant.
Judges: Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDermott, hutchinson and zappala, jj.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 502
Pages: 153–154

Head Matter:
465 A.2d 636
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Anthony HINES, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted April 28, 1983.
Decided Sept. 22, 1983.
Leon W. Tucker, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div. Asst. Dist. Atty., Leslie Sudock, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDermott, hutchinson and zappala, jj.

Opinion:
ORDER OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
This is a direct appeal from a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judgment of sentence for voluntary manslaughter and possessing an instrument of crime. Appellant's contentions are: (1) his signed statement made to police should have been suppressed as involuntary; (2) the Commonwealth failed to establish that the statement recorded by one police officer was identical to the statement read to appellant by a second police officer before appellant signed it; and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support a voluntary manslaughter verdict. We have reviewed the record in this case and find appellant's contentions lack merit.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.