Commonwealth v. Floyd

451 Pa. 366 (1973)

Commonwealth

v.

Floyd, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted January 8, 1973.

May 4, 1973.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

Gilbert B. Abramson, for appellant.

James Shellenberger and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MANDERINO, May 4, 1973:

Eugene Floyd, appellant, was convicted of first degree murder in 1958. Post-trial motions were timely filed, but later withdrawn.…