Commonwealth v. Davis

OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Steven Davis appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following his conviction on the charges of, inter alia, first-degree murder, 1 arson, 2 and conspiracy. 3 In his opinion, the trial judge stated that neither the defendant nor counsel had responded to the court’s order to submit a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement of matters complained of on appeal. Therefore, the court chose to limit its review to the issues of sufficiency of the evidence and whether denying severance of the case was proper. However, since there…