COMMONWEALTH v. KEARNEY


459 Pa. 603 (1975)

331 A.2d 156

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph L. KEARNEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Johanson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, James Garrett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

This is a direct appeal after a conviction by jury of murder in the first degree. The appellant rests his present claim for relief on three trial errors which we find to be without merit. Having reviewed the record to satisfy our statutory duty to determine the sufficiency of the evidence upon which the verdict was predicated, 1870, Feb. 15, P.L. 15, § 2, 19 P.S. § 1187; see also, Commonwealth v. Danz,...

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