COMMONWEALTH v. WASHINGTON


235 Pa.Super. 339 (1975)

Commonwealth v. Washington, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Gutkin, and Berkowitz and Gutkin, for appellant.

Eric Henson, Mark Sendrow, and Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy 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 VAN DER VOORT, J., June 24, 1975:

The instant case arises on direct appeal following the conviction, after jury trial, of the appellant, Jacob P. Washington, on two charges of assault and battery with intent to murder. The victims of the assaults were the wife of the appellant and a female friend of the wife. It was not disputed that appellant participated in a vicious knife assault on both women; his main claim on appeal is that he should have been found...

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