Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/16/1974

Commonwealth v. Hamilton

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329 A.2d 212
459 Pa. 304
1974 Pa. LEXIS 474

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finding that “the presence of a psychosis, albeit a severe mental disease, is not necessarily tantamount to ‘insanity’ under M'Naghten”
holding that even “basic and fundamental” error in a jury charge cannot serve as a basis for appellate relief “where no exception or only a general exception was taken to the charge, or on a ground not raised in or by the court below”
cert. den. 420 U.S. 981, 95 S.Ct. 1411, 43 L.Ed.2d 663
cert. den. 420 U.S. 981, 95 S.Ct. 1411, 43 L.Ed.2d 663

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Judges: Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Pomeroy, Roberts

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