Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/21/1963

Commonwealth v. Burns

Citations

409 Pa. 619
187 A.2d 552
1963 Pa. LEXIS 720

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considering victim’s good health before her disappearance as factor in upholding murder conviction where authorities found no body
proof of victim’s consistent pattern of living and an abrupt termination, victim last seen on floor with blood on forehead and last seen in presence of defendant, defendant confessed to burying victim
the order of proof is within the trial court’s discretion and it may permit admission of the defendant’s statement subject to later proof of corpus delicti by prosecution
fact of death established where last time victim was seen was in the presence of the defendant in a helpless condition in circumstances that would indicate she was unconscious or incapable of moving herself
defining reasonable doubt as expressed in Donough
defining reasonable doubt as expressed in 19 Donough

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Judges: Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien

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