COM. v. EDWARDS


493 Pa. 281 (1981)

426 A.2d 550

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Sanford Emmory EDWARDS, a/k/a Sanford Henry Edwards, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Marsh, Thomas G. Johnson, (Court-appointed) Indiana, for appellant.

Gregory A. Olson, Dist. Atty., Indiana, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice:

Appellant, Sanford Emmory Edwards, also known as Sanford Henry Edwards, appeals a judgment of sentence of life imprisonment for murder of the first degree imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County.

Appellant was charged in connection with the death of Edith Morford, who lived in a trailer park in White Township, Indiana County. On February 22, 1979, decedent's daughter, Cora Ondo, discovered...

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