Commonwealth v. Walzack

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1976-07-06

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OPINION OF THE COURT NIX, Justice. Today we must decide whether psychiatric evidence is admissible to be evaluated by the jury when an accused offers it to negate the element of specific intent required for a conviction of murder of the first degree thereby reducing the crime to murder of the second degree. 1 We *213 are persu…

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