Commonwealth v. Stanley

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

On May 27, 1975, a jury convicted appellant of murder of the first degree for the July 29, 1974, killing of Timothy Shinn in Philadelphia. The jury also found appellant guilty of possession of an instrument of crime. Post-trial motions were denied. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and a five-year period of probation on the possession conviction to be served consecutively. This direct appeal followed. 1

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence testimony of prior criminal acts occurring on…