Commonwealth v. Walker

On May 20, 1977, the defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of murder in the first degree. The defendant filed a timely pro se notice of appeal which was dismissed by the trial judge in 1978. A single jus*553tice of this court reinstated the defendant’s appeal in 1991. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that (1) there was insufficient evidence tó warrant submission of the case to the jury on a felony-murder theory; (2) part of the trial judge’s instructions on felony-murder improperly invaded the province of the jury; (3) his trial counsel furnished him…