COM. v. GARCIA


370 Pa.Super. 132 (1988)

535 A.2d 1186

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edwin GARCIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Diamond, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and BROSKY and BECK, JJ.


CIRILLO, President Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against appellant, Edwin Garcia. Garcia was convicted of first-degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime. We affirm.

Between 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on the evening of March 5, 1986, Edwin Garcia rode his bicycle to the apartment of his erstwhile girlfriend, Lucy Nieves. Upon arriving at the apartment complex, Garcia...

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