COM. v. NELSON


496 Pa. 443 (1981)

437 A.2d 956

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Leon NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis S. Small, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Maureen Brennan, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Leon Nelson appeals directly to this Court from judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District on January 30, 1979 convicting him of murder of the third degree. He alleges that the evidence adduced at trial is insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain the conviction. After a thorough review of the record, we are satisfied that there...

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