COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARDSON


392 Pa. 528 (1958)

Commonwealth v. Richardson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fronefield Crawford, with him Crawford & Frazier, for appellant.

Ernest L. Green, Assistant District Attorney, with him J. Harold Hughes, First Assistant District Attorney, and Raymond S. Start, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, May 2, 1958:

The defendant, Jerold Richardson, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In this appeal he seeks a new trial because of alleged trial errors.

Defendant, together with James Ryder and James Graham, was indicted for the murder of Roy Wunder, who was found dead at about 12:50 a.m. on Monday, September 20, 1954, in a taproom operated by him known as "Stony Creek Tavern" which...

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