COMMONWEALTH v. MOORE


454 Pa. 337 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Moore, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Haggerty, for appellant.

William J. Stevens, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert B. Lawler and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, 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. JUSTICE POMEROY, November 26, 1973:

On the evening of July 11, 1969, one Granville Sawyer was fatally shot in the abdomen at his home in Philadelphia. One week later the appellant, Irvin Moore, aged 23, was arrested in connection with the incident and gave two incriminating statements to the police. He was subsequently indicted, and, after a jury trial, was convicted of first degree murder and aggravated robbery...

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