Commonwealth v. Anderson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant, Michael Howard Anderson, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. Post-verdict motions were denied and this appeal followed.

Three of appellant’s contentions, (1) that his inculpatory statement should have been suppressed because of *543an unreasonable delay between arrest and arraignment, (2) that one of the defense witnesses was improperly permitted to assert his Fifth Amendment right not to testify, and (3) that the jury instructions as to the elements of first and second degree murder were improper, were raised for…