Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/21/1972

Commonwealth v. Walker

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447 Pa. 146
288 A.2d 741
1972 Pa. LEXIS 515

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noting it was in interests of justice to consider merits of appeal where counsel for appellant requested court do so, and Commonwealth did not object
finding impermissible provocation and continuation where defendant was not the initial aggressor, but armed himself after the initial confrontation was over and returned to shoot the original aggressor
rejecting both a motion for abatement ab initio and a motion to dismiss the appeal, concluding that it is in the interests of society and the estate of the defendant that any challenge initiated against the propriety or constitutionality of a criminal proceeding be fully reviewed
affirming judgment of sentence where appellant died during pendency of appeal
appeal will be decided even though appellant in a criminal case has died pending appeal
“Even accepting [defendant’s] testimony ... that [the victim] started moving toward [defendant] threatening him with a knife, [defendant] acted so forcefully to continue the conflict that he was properly barred on that ground alone from claiming self-defense.”

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

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