Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/2/1980

Commonwealth v. White

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415 A.2d 399
490 Pa. 179
1980 Pa. LEXIS 681

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holding that trial court may charge on involuntary manslaughter only where evidence exists to support such a verdict
trial court may charge on involuntary manslaughter only where evidence exists to support such a verdict
trial court required to charge on involuntary manslaughter only \when the trial evidence reasonably would support such a verdict\
trial court may charge on involuntary manslaughter only where evidence exists to support such a verdict
court should not invite jury to choose between felony and misdemeanor degrees of offense as to determine extent of punishment
evidence necessary to support an instruction is “trial evidence [that] reasonably would support such a verdict”

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Judges: Eagen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Larsen, Nix, O'Brien, Roberts

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