COMMONWEALTH v. LAWRENCE


428 Pa. 188 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Lawrence, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Robert Thompson, with him John E. Baily, and Thompson and Baily, for appellant.

W. Bertram Waychoff, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 3, 1968:

Charles David Lawrence was convicted by a jury in Greene County of murder in the second degree. Post-trial motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial were denied and a sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment was imposed. Lawrence appeals from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant's prime contention is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction, and, therefore, the judgment should be arrested...

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