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COMMONWEALTH v. GILMAN

470 Pa. 179 (1977)

368 A.2d 253

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Merle Ronald GILMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Ackerman, Richard H. Galloway, Greensburg, for appellant.

Albert M. Nichols, Dist. Atty., John J. Driscoll, Greensburg, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Merle Ronald Gilman was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury trial. At trial appellant objected to several remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument and moved for a mistrial. Appellant preserved these objections in his post-trial motions. The prosecutor's remarks included an attempt to disparage appellant's trial strategy, a personal attack on appellant...

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