COM. v. RHONE


422 Pa.Super. 521 (1993)

619 A.2d 1080

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph RHONE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Marilyn F. Murray, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, BECK and BROSKY, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

We decide, inter alia, whether the district attorney's closing statement alluding to appellant's failure to testify constituted prosecutorial misconduct. We find it did not. Because we find no merit in any of appellant's challenges, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

Appellant was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, five to ten years for conspiracy, and two and one half to five years for possession of an instrument of...

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