Commonwealth v. Jackson

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant stands convicted of murder in the second degree. In this appeal, he raises three grounds for reversal of that conviction. First, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. Second, he argues that the trial court improperly allowed the prior testimony of an absent eyewitness to be read into the record without the Commonwealth initially demonstrating a good faith effort to obtain the witness’ presence. Finally, he maintains that as a principal in the second degree, his conviction cannot be upheld where the…