COM. v. ALLEN


272 Pa.Super. 349 (1979)

415 A.2d 1233

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard Raymond ALLEN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.S. Trigg, Assistant Public Defender, Lancaster, for appellant.

Edward F. Browne, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Lancaster, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, MANDERINO and CIRILLO, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

After entering a guilty plea and following a degree of guilt hearing, appellant, Richard Raymond Allen, was convicted of murder of the first degree and this appeal followed. The victim, appellant's landlord, was stabbed to death by appellant and his brother, David Leroy Allen, the corpse being found in a trash bag along the Conestoga Creek.

Since at the time of appellant's trial, a jury could impose the death penalty but a judge could not, appellant...

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