COMMONWEALTH v. RAINEY


242 Pa.Super. 39 (1976)

363 A.2d 1148

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alexander Roosevelt RAINEY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Foldes, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Second Asst. Dist. Atty., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


WATKINS, President Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Criminal Division, by the defendant-appellant, Alexander Roosevelt Rainey, after conviction by a jury of arson — endangering persons; and from the denial of post-trial motions.

The case centered around violent marital discord between appellant and his wife. The appellant had threatened to burn the house and to kill the wife and children...

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