Commonwealth v. Lincoln

WEKSELMAN, Judge:

On October 20, 1972, appellant was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree, pointing and discharging a deadly weapon, and assault with intent to kill. Those convictions were based upon a complaint filed on July 3, 1971, but appellant was not arrested until October 19, 1971, when he was apprehended by Arizona police on a fugitive warrant. Pennsylvania authorities arrived in Arizona on October 21, 1971, served appellant with the Pennsylvania warrant, questioned him for three hours, and took a signed inculpatory statement. The police returned appellant to…