COMMONWEALTH v. WEBSTER


490 Pa. 322 (1980)

416 A.2d 491

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William Lloyd WEBSTER, Jr., a/k/a William Webster Bey, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Corbett, Jr., Chief, App. Division, David Metinko, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, William Lloyd Webster, Jr., a/k/a William Webster Bey, was convicted of murder of the third degree for the shooting death of Wendell Byrd. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of not less than nine nor more than eighteen years. This direct appeal followed.

The facts are as follows. On November 2, 1978, the victim drove past appellant and shouted that he wished...

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