Commonwealth v. Sheppard

436 Pa. Superior Ct. 584 (1994)

648 A.2d 563

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

John Jay SHEPPARD, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted February 14, 1994.

Filed September 30, 1994.

Lester G. Nauhaus, Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Kemal A. Mericli, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, TAMILIA and CERCONE, JJ.

TAMILIA, Judge:

Appellant, John Jay Sheppard, was convicted of first degree murder[1] and appeals from the mandatory judgment of sentence of life imprisonment without parole entered December 9, 1991.

The trial judge, the Honorable W. Terrence…