Commonwealth v. Thornton

OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

After a non-jury trial, appellant, Lawrence Thornton, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter 1 and possession of an instrument of crime. 2 Post-trial motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a term of four to ten years imprisonment on the voluntary manslaughter conviction and to a concurrent term of two and one-half to five years imprisonment for possession of an instrument of crime. An appeal was taken directly to this Court from the judgment of sentence imposed for the voluntary manslaughter conviction and to the Superior Court from the judgment of…