COMMONWEALTH v. McCLAIN


478 Pa. 10 (1978)

385 A.2d 970

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James McCLAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman, Bayer & Silberstein, Frederick R. Herman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of murder of the second degree, aggravated assault, possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The conviction of murder of the second degree was directly appealed to this Court.*

The single issue raised in this appeal is that appellant was denied a fair trial because the prosecuting...

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