Commonwealth v. Whitacre
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
McCAFFERY, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, Randy Clark Whitacre, appeals from a judgment of sentence imposed by the Honorable Gregory A Olson, after a jury found Appellant guilty of first degree murder, 1 attempted criminal homicide, 2 aggravated assault, 3 recklessly endangering another person, 4 and burglary. 5 Appellant asks us to determine whether the trial court properly allowed-testimony of a ballistics expert and whether it properly denied the motion for judgment of acquittal. We conclude that the trial court did not err in admitting the expert opinion testimony pertaining to ballistics…
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