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COMMONWEALTH v. McDOWELL

460 Pa. 474 (1975)

333 A.2d 872

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles McDOWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Rutter, A. Elash, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, James T. Ranney, Albert Becker, Milton Stein, Asst. Dist. Attys., Chief, Appeals Div., Martin H. Belsky, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Adult Prosecution, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Charles McDowell was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and related offenses.1 Following denial of post-trial motions he received a sentence of life imprisonment on the murder conviction and a concurrent sentence of 10 to 20 years imprisonment on the charges of aggravated robbery, conspiracy and unlawful possession of a firearm. This appeal followed.2

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