COM. v. BUTLER


436 Pa.Super. 321 (1994)

647 A.2d 928

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Darryl BUTLER, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Bruno, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Kathy L. Echternach, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for the Com., appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, JOHNSON and FORD ELLIOTT, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Darryl Butler appeals his life sentence for the first-degree murder of Shadrack Townes. On May 21, 1992, Butler and two other men drove to 3449 North Orianna Street, where they encountered Shadrack Townes and Yolanda Watson. Butler and Townes were acquainted with each other, and began to argue about an earlier incident where Townes had apparently insulted the wife of one of Butler's friends. The argument lasted several minutes, but the two stayed...

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