Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sero
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1978No. 43PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANDERINO, Justice.
Appellant Joseph Sero was tried before a judge and jury and convicted of murder of the first degree for the shooting death of his wife. Post-verdict motions were denied, and on September 3, 1976, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed. We now affirm the judgment of sentence.
Although appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction of murder of the first degree, we nevertheless must review the record to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to establish all the elements of…
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