Court Opinion

ID: 9711592
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:35:05.240446+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:06.014820
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FLAHERTY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the opinion of Mr. Chief Justice O’Brien only insofar as it holds that sufficient evidence of self-defense was before the jury as to require an instruction on voluntary manslaughter as defined in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503(b). I do not agree, however, that the requirement of a complete voluntary manslaughter instruction as established by Commonwealth v. Manning, 477 Pa. 495, 384 A.2d 1197 (1978) should be applied or re-affirmed in this case.