COM. v. DeVAUGHN


488 Pa. 629 (1980)

413 A.2d 660

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Tyrone DeVAUGHN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Corbett, Jr., Paulette J. Balogh, Asst. Public Defenders, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Tyrone DeVaughn was convicted by a jury of murder of the third degree on March 1, 1979. The court of common pleas thereafter denied appellant's post verdict motions, and sentenced him to a prison term of ten to twenty years. On this appeal, appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence and one evidentiary ruling. We affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the...

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