COM. v. PARKER


494 Pa. 196 (1981)

431 A.2d 216

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Eugene PARKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Kogan, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Harry Spaeth, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

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


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing death of one Herbert Lowery. Post-verdict motions were denied, appellant was sentenced to a term of fifteen months to five years in a work-release program, and this direct appeal followed.

Appellant first claims that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. To evaluate the sufficiency of evidence, we must view the evidence...

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