Commonwealth v. Hawthorne

POPOVICH, Judge: *

This case involves cross-appeals by Barbara Hawthorne (No. 3129 Philadelphia 1984) and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (No. 3288 Philadelphia 1984) from the judgment of sentence entered for voluntary manslaughter and possessing an instrument of crime. We affirm in part and quash in part.

The facts necessary to resolve the present appeal begin with Barbara Hawthorne’s conviction, following a bench trial, of the stabbing death of her fiance.

A motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment was filed challenging the verdict as contrary to the weight of the evidence and the…