COM. v. MARTIN


273 Pa.Super. 88 (1979)

416 A.2d 1102

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James O. MARTIN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Franklin E. Noel, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, MANDERINO and CIRILLO, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, by defendant-appellant after his conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter.

The victim was shot inside a Philadelphia bar on April 30, 1977, and died of a gunshot wound to the left side of the chest. At trial two Commonwealth witnesses testified that the defendant and the victim were arguing outside the bar and that the...

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