Court Opinion

ID: 6261926
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-17 22:09:59.038987+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:59:44.010414
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ROBERTS, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. Appellant is entitled, upon his request, to a jury instruction on involuntary manslaughter. Commonwealth v. Smith, 474 Pa. 559, 379 A.2d 96 (1977); Commonwealth v. Garcia, 474 Pa. 449, 378 A.2d 1199 (1977) (Opinion of Roberts, J., joined by O’Brien and Manderino, JJ., announcing the judgment of the court). Accord Commonwealth v. Terrell, 482 Pa. 303, 393 A.2d 1117 (1978) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J., joined by O’Brien, J.; Concurring Opinion by Manderino, J.); Commonwealth v. Thomas, 482 Pa. 312, 393 A.2d 1122 (1978) (Opinion in Support of Reversal by Roberts, J., joined by O’Brien, J.; Opinion in Support of Reversal by Manderino, J.); Commonwealth v. Dussinger, 478 Pa. 182, 386 A.2d 500 (1978); Commonwealth v. Polimeni, 474 Pa. 430, 378 A.2d 1189 (1977) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J., joined by O’Brien, J.; Concurring Opinion by Manderino, J.); Commonwealth v. Ford, 474 Pa. 480, 378 A.2d 1215 (1977) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J., joined by O’Brien, J.; Concurring Opinion by Manderino, J.). Thus, judgment of sentence should be reversed and a new trial granted.
O’BRIEN and MANDERINO, JJ., join in this dissenting opinion.