COMMONWEALTH v. PHILLIPS


468 Pa. 400 (1976)

364 A.2d 255

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. David PHILLIPS, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lowenthal, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant David Phillips, after trial before a judge sitting without a jury, was convicted of murder of the first degree and carrying firearms on the public streets. Post-verdict motions were filed, argued and dismissed. Judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was entered on the murder conviction. This direct appeal followed.1

Appellant asserts three allegations of error from his trial: (1) that...

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