[Download] "Commonwealth v. Gibbs" by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Gibbs
- Author : the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 20, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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On January 10, 1950, Marian Louise Baker was brutally slain by being beaten to death with a lug wrench. Eight days later Edward Lester Gibbs, defendant, confessed the killing. Thereafter, he was indicted in Lancaster County, tried by a jury, and convicted of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at death.Prior to his bringing this appeal, his motion for new trial was denied and sentence was imposed in accordance with the verdict.