COMMONWEALTH v. CULBERSON


467 Pa. 424 (1976)

358 A.2d 416

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lawrence CULBERSON, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 17, 1976.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, William J. O'Brien, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Lawrence Culberson, was tried before a jury and convicted of murder of the first degree, robbery and burglary for the shooting death of one John Morris in the victim's grocery store in the City of Philadelphia. Post-verdict motions were filed and denied. Following imposition of sentence of life imprisonment on the murder conviction, a direct appeal was taken to this Court pursuant to the Appellate Court Jurisdiction...

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