Commonwealth v. Coleman

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1971, appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree in connection with the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied. He was sentenced to ten to twenty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, judgment of sentence was affirmed by this Court.1 Subsequently, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act requesting a new trial and/or release from custody and discharge. The lower court dismissed the petition and this appeal resulted.

Appellant presents three issues for review: whether the trial court…