Commonwealth v. Mika

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County upon a verdict of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at death.

The facts of the murder of which appellant stands convicted are set forth in the opinion filed by us this day in the case of Com. v. William Talarico, 317 Pa. 481.

Mika was arrested in Yonkers, N. Y., on September 6th. He made a confession in which he admitted pointing his gun at the officer’s back and shooting him as the officer turned around and as he was lying on the steps of the…