COMMONWEALTH v. BURTON


450 Pa. 532 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Burton, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dashiell, for appellant.

Robyn Greene, Assistant District Attorney, with her James T. Ranney and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 16, 1973:

Albert Burton appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed by the trial court following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree. We affirm.

The only contention is the trial evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support a conviction greater than voluntary manslaughter.

As we have repeatedly said the test in determining if the evidence is sufficient to sustain a criminal conviction...

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