COMMONWEALTH v. DAVENPORT


476 Pa. 596 (1978)

383 A.2d 523

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lucius DAVENPORT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, Lawrence J. O'Toole, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

On June 26, 1975, appellant, Lucius Davenport, was tried before a judge sitting without a jury and found guilty of murder of the third degree. Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment from eight to twenty years. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant claims (1) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction; and (2) that he did not knowingly, intelligently...

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