COMMONWEALTH v. POWELL


428 Pa. 275 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Powell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur F. Earley, for appellant.

Michael M. Baylson, Assistant District Attorney, with him Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


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

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, aggravated robbery and aggravated assault and battery. The jury imposed the penalty at life imprisonment on the murder conviction. This appeal is from the denial of appellant's post-trial motions for an arrest of judgment or the grant of a new trial.

The evidence as presented by the Commonwealth established that the deceased and her sister were assaulted and...

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