Commonwealth v. Burton

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Eagen,

Albert Burton appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed by the trial court following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree. We affirm.

The only contention is the trial evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support a conviction greater than voluntary manslaughter.

As we have repeatedly said the test in determining if the evidence is sufficient to sustain a criminal conviction is, whether accepting as true all of the evidence of the Commonwealth, and all reasonable inferences arising therefrom, upon which the jury could properly have…