COMMONWEALTH v. ASHFORD


223 Pa.Super. 413 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Ashford, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Grigsby, III, for appellant.

Henry J. Rutherford, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, March 27, 1973:

This appeal raises the question of whether basic and fundamental error was committed by the trial judge in his charge to the jury defining the offense of aggravated assault and battery without likewise defining the lesser includible offense of assault and battery. Defense counsel took no exception to this portion of the charge.

The issue presented herein has been considered recently in two decisions of our Supreme Court...

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