COMMONWEALTH v. RILEY


458 Pa. 390 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Riley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Turner, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him David Richman, Assistant District Attorney, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, October 16, 1974:

On April 27, 1972, appellant, Warren Riley, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. Post-trial motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a term of not less than seven nor more than twenty years in a state correctional institution. This appeal followed.

The salient facts surrounding this appeal are as follows: Appellant and the decedent, Constance Riley, were husband and wife at the...

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