COM. v. FANT


480 Pa. 586 (1978)

391 A.2d 1040

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Hugh FANT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary N. Altman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Gerald R. Solomon, Ralph C. Harman, Uniontown, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant Hugh Fant, a black male, was tried before a judge and jury and convicted of two counts of murder of the third degree in connection with the shooting deaths of two men in a Uniontown nightclub. Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to two terms of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years, the terms to run consecutively. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant raises five assignments of error, only...

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