COM. v. THOMAS


488 Pa. 605 (1980)

413 A.2d 649

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Rodney Lee THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Gettleman, Zelienople, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kemal Alexander Mericli, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Appellant, Rodney Lee Thomas, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree in the fatal stabbing of Charlene Meekins in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1977. Following the denial of post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. A Special Transfer Panel of the Superior Court affirmed per curiam the judgment of sentence. We granted appellant's petition for allowance of appeal.

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