COMMONWEALTH v. HEASLEY


444 Pa. 454 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Heasley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Graham Sale, Jr., and John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defenders, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BARBIERI, October 12, 1971:

On October 17, 1969, appellant was tried before a judge and jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He was found guilty of second degree murder. His post-trial motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied and he was sentenced to serve a term of from four to eight years in prison.

On direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, appellant alleges two errors: (1) that the trial...

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