Commonwealth v. Brown

GREEVY, P. J.,

On June 29, 1973, defendant, Robert Lee Brown, after jury trial, was convicted of burglary and armed robbery. Motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial were filed.

The court will consider first the motion in arrest of judgment. Motions in arrest of judgment are limited to errors appearing on the face of the record or the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the charge: Act June 15, 1951, P. L. 585, sec. 1, 19 PS §871. Defendant does not aver that there is error appearing on the face of the record; therefore, the only question before us on this motion is whether there is…