Commonwealth v. McNeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

Gregory McNeal was convicted by a jury of rape, conspiracy to commit rape and murder in the first de gree. After denial of post-trial motions, a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed on the murder conviction as the jury directed in its verdict. A concurrent prison sentence of seven and one-half to fifteen years was imposed on the rape conviction. This one appeal followed.

The prosecution followed the finding of the abandoned body of a nineteen-year-old female in a vacant lot in Philadelphia. The body bore evidence of horrible sex abuse and untimely death due to…