Commonwealth v. Buterbaugh

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.

Appellant, Gerald Travis Buterbaugh, appeals from the judgment of sentence arising from a conviction of third-degree murder.1 We granted en banc review to determine, among other things, whether an automobile constitutes a deadly weapon for purposes of the deadly weapon sentence enhancement. See 204 Pa. Code §§ 303.10(a), 303.17b. Because we conclude that it does, and that Appellant’s remaining issues do not merit relief, we affirm.

The trial court set forth the relevant facts and procedural history as follows.

This case concerns the murder of Dale Steven Henry, whom…