COM. v. LAFFERTY


276 Pa.Super. 400 (1980)

419 A.2d 518

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Charles J. LAFFERTY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 21, 1980.

Reargument Denied May 19, 1980.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied October 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald F. Kidd, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Sheldon Finkelstein, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WATKINS and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal Section, of Philadelphia County, by the defendant-appellant, Charles J. Lafferty, after conviction by a jury on charges of perjury. The defendant filed post-verdict motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. On September 13, 1978, the court below granted defendant's motion for a new trial on the ground that the prosecutor made inflammatory, improper and...

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