Commonwealth v. Swint

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The appellant, Nathaniel Swint, was indicted for murder in connection with the death of James Battles in Philadelphia, and following a jury trial was convicted of murder in the second degree. Post-trial motions were denied and a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years was imposed. This appeal followed.

From the testimony of eyewitnesses who testified at trial, the jury could find that on the evening of July 11, 1968, Swint and several other young men suddenly *56attacked Battles, Nathaniel Headon, Horace Wallace and Louis Hopewell while they were in front of a house in the…