COM. v. BALDWIN

No. 1897 WDA 2008

8 A.3d 901 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. James Monroe BALDWIN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Debbis , Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Michael W. Streily , Deputy Dist. Atty., and Sandra Preuhs , Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before: PANELLA, SHOGAN and COLVILLE, JJ.


OPINION BY SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, James Monroe Baldwin, appeals from his judgment of sentence of life without parole and consecutive sentence of one to two years entered following his jury convictions of first degree murder and abuse of a corpse. On appeal, Appellant challenges the trial court's denial of his request to testify on his own behalf after he had waived his right to testify the previous day and after the evidentiary phase of the case was closed. Because...

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