Court Opinion

ID: 9699104
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:10:37.583758+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:46.489656
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno:
The defendant was convicted of a brutal murder and should have been convicted. I do not understand why the Commonwealth should have blemished the fairness of the trial by showing to the jury a number of color slides of the corpse of the deceased. The pictures were not necessary to prove the case of the prosecution.
I dissent because I would not want an affirmation on my part to be interpreted as any relinquishment of *111my stand that the unnecessary use of repellent and gruesome pictures is unfair, improper and does not comport with the dignity, solemnity and undeviating impartiality of a murder trial in our country.