Commonwealth v. Irby

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This is a direct appeal from a first degree murder verdict and imposition of a life sentence. Although appellant does argue, inter aim, that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, in view of appellant’s statement, made after proper warnings, that he had entered the victim’s store, pulled a gun, informing the victim that it was a stickup, and shot the victim when the victim also reached for a gun; and in view of the testimony of an eyewitness, who saw appellant running past her a few blocks from the victim’s store shortly after the robbery,…