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COM. v. PERKINS

504 Pa. 302 (1984)

472 A.2d 1071

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert PERKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris Gelman, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Robert Ciaffa, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant Robert Perkins was convicted in a non-jury trial of voluntary manslaughter, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503, and possession of an instrument of crime, generally, 18 Pa.C. S.A. § 907. Post-verdict motions were denied and judgment of sentence was entered on January 22, 1980. This direct appeal followed.*

Appellant asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict...

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