COMMONWEALTH v. LANZA


228 Pa.Super. 300 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Lanza, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Corbett, Jr., Trial Defender, with him John J. Dean, Chief, Appellate Division, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ. (CERCONE, J., absent.)


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., June 21, 1974:

In this appeal from a judgment of sentence for armed robbery and possession of a firearm without a license, appellant contends that the trial judge's questioning of prosecution witnesses prejudiced his right to a fair and impartial trial by jury.

The prosecution's case rested largely upon the testimony of one of the victims of the robbery which allegedly occurred on July 7, 1972. On that evening the victim, Mr. Musiol...

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