COM. v. RAINEY


271 Pa.Super. 240 (1979)

412 A.2d 1106

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William C. RAINEY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent T. Snyder, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, and with him Nancy D. Wasser, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before MONTGOMERY, O'BRIEN and HONEYMAN, JJ.


O'BRIEN, Justice:

Appellant, William Rainey, was convicted in a jury trial of murder of the second degree and two counts of robbery. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with two ten-to-twenty year prison terms for the robbery convictions. This appeal followed.

The facts of the instant crime are as follows. On December 16, 1975, five men armed with guns entered...

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