Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1983

Commonwealth v. Hines

Commonwealth v. Hines
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 22, 1983 · Flaherty, Hutchinson, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Roberts, Zappala
502 Pa. 153; 465 A.2d 636; 1983 Pa. LEXIS 672

Commonwealth v. Hines

Opinion of the Court

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.

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