COM. v. UPSHER


497 Pa. 621 (1982)

444 A.2d 90

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ondray UPSHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Corbett, Jr., Chief, Appellate Division, Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt Deputy Dist. Atty., Kathryn L. Simpson, Dora A. DeCourcy, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On November 1, 1979, Robert Houser was stabbed to death by appellant, Ondray Upsher. On March 20, 1980, appellant was convicted by a jury of murder of the third degree. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of seven and one-half to twenty years. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant first contends that the evidence presented at trial by the Commonwealth was...

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