Commonwealth v. Walters

HESTER, Judge:

Appellant Robert Irvin Walters was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree and criminal conspiracy. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and a consecutive prison term of five (5) to ten (10) years for the conspiracy conviction. The facts and issues involved in the instant appeal are almost identical to those involved in Commonwealth v. Contakos, 492 Pa. 465, 424 A.2d 1284 (1981). Both cases concern the killing of Charles Jacob Lowry. The principal Commonwealth witness in both cases was Thomas Harry…