Commonwealth v. Konias

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Kenneth John Konias, Jr. appeals from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment for first-degree murder, and a consecutive sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery, imposed on February 18, 2014, after a nonjury trial. We affirm.

Appellant’s convictions arose from an incident on February 28, 2012, when Michael Haines died as a result of a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Appellant admitted to shooting Mr. Haines, but maintained he acted in self-defense. The Commonwealth’s evidence in support of Appellant’s convictions was as follows. In February…