Court Opinion

ID: 9652334
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:22:26.44107+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:50.391170
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O’BRIEN, Justice,
dissenting.
As appellant’s case was on direct appeal at the time of the decision in United States ex rel. Matthews v. Johnson, 503 F.2d 339 (3d Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 952, 95 S.Ct. 1336, 43 L.Ed.2d 430 (1975), I believe appellant is entitled to a new trial because of the trial court’s failure to give the requested charge on voluntary manslaughter. See Part II of Mr. Justice Roberts’ opinion announcing the judgment of the Court in Commonwealth v. Hilliard, 471 Pa. 318, 370 A.2d 322 (1977).
ROBERTS, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.