Commonwealth v. Collins

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant, Byron Collins, was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the killing of one Richard Johnson. Post-verdict motions were denied and this appeal followed.

In his post-verdict motions, appellant contended that the conduct of the prosecutor throughout the trial deprived the appellant of a fair trial because of the prejudicial effect the prosecutor’s conduct had on the jury. The court en banc, with one member dissenting, agreed that the prosecutor’s conduct was on many occasions “reprehensible” and “censurable,” but denied…