COM. v. WATSON


269 Pa.Super. 285 (1979)

409 A.2d 891

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Langston WATSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 7, 1979.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied February 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Crocker, Pottstown, for appellant.

Charles M. Guthrie, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Reading, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before MONTGOMERY, O'BRIEN and HONEYMAN, JJ.


O'BRIEN, Judge:

Appellant, Langston Watson, was convicted by a jury of murder in the third degree. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of nine to twenty years. This appeal followed.

The facts are as follows. At 4:38 A.M. on January 9, 1977, a City of Reading ambulance driver was sent to a Reading address where he found a little girl, Desiree Singleton, age 7, lying lifeless on a sofa with a woman attempting to give...

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