COMMONWEALTH v. LAMBERT


450 Pa. 130 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Lambert, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Savitt, with him Walsh & Savitt, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, January 19, 1973:

The appellant, Christopher Lambert, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury and sentenced to from ten to twenty years' imprisonment. Post-trial motions were filed and denied after a hearing. This counseled direct appeal followed. We affirm the judgment of sentence.

There is only one issue raised in this appeal. The appellant contends that his right to a hung jury and a mistrial was prejudiced by...

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