COMMONWEALTH v. TINSLEY


465 Pa. 329 (1976)

350 A.2d 791

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania. v. Howard TINSLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham T. Needleman, Gerald A. Stein, Needleman, Needleman, Tabb & Eisman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., for appellee.

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


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant Howard Tinsley was tried and convicted of murder of the second degree by a judge sitting without a jury in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County.1 After the denial of post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to two and one-half to ten years imprisonment.2 This direct appeal followed.

Appellant contends that the Commonwealth's evidence was insufficient...

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