COM. v. MORRIS


385 Pa.Super. 563 (1989)

561 A.2d 1236

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Kenneth C. MORRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. McVay, Public Defender, Bradford, for appellant.

Before BROSKY, ROWLEY and MONTEMURO, JJ.


ROWLEY, Judge:

This appeal of Kenneth C. Morris is from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment that was imposed following a non-jury verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree but mentally ill. Appellant's sole argument on appeal is that a defendant who has been found "mentally ill" pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 314 is necessarily incapable of the "willful, deliberate and premeditated killing" upon which a guilty verdict of murder of the first degree,...

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