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COM. v. WADE

480 Pa. 160 (1978)

389 A.2d 560

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. C. Alton WADE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Merrick, Public Defender, Kevin J. Ryan, Richard E. Moose, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

George C. Zumbano, West Chester, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joan D. Lasensky, Berwyn, for appellee.

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

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, C. Alton Wade, Jr., was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. Post-trial motions were denied and Wade was thereafter sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five to ten years. This direct appeal followed,1 in which appellant raises several trial errors deemed to require a new trial. For the reasons stated hereafter, we believe these arguments are without merit. On the record before...

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