COM. v. SCOTT


345 Pa.Super. 86 (1985)

497 A.2d 656

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Michael W. SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nails, Chester, for appellant.

Susan Kahn, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of murder in the third degree and possessing instruments of crime generally. Appellant was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possessing instruments of crime generally.

On appeal, appellant who was sentenced to life imprisonment, questions whether the court erred in stating during the jury waiver colloquy that the maximum sentence for third degree murder was ten to twenty years...

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