COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


231 Pa.Super. 300 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Jones, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr., and Zack, Myers and Atkinson, for appellant.

Mark Sendrow and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., December 11, 1974:

Appellant argues that there was insufficient evidence of aggravated assault and related charges because the Commonwealth did not prove the intent to commit the assault, but rather that intent was vitiated by appellant's showing of self-defense.

The appellant was tried on January 22, and 23, 1974, before Judge Charles LORD, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, sitting without a jury. The following facts were...

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