COM. v. MELECHIO


442 Pa.Super. 231 (1995)

658 A.2d 1385

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Shelton MELECHIO, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Burns, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellant.

Thomas W. Moore, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before HUDOCK, SAYLOR and HESTER, JJ.


SAYLOR, Judge:

These appeals by the Commonwealth both challenge an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting a motion in arrest of judgment in favor of Appellee, Shelton Melechio.

Following a non-jury trial, Melechio was convicted of third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime. The verdict stemmed from an incident in which Melechio, a security guard, shot and killed a seventeen year-old bystander, Damon Hand, during...

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