Nichols v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Chief Justice.

David Nichols, convicted of the wilful' murder of Mary Georgia Roberts and sentenced to death, has appealed and urges-these grounds for reversal: (1) There was-no evidence of malice aforethought as to-the crime committed; (2) the trial judge failed to properly admonish the jury with. *185respect to evidence of prior convictions of felonies by appellant; and (3) the lower court did not instruct the jury on the whole law of the case.

In order to determine the validity of the first ground, we must review the evidence. Eight witnesses testified in chief for the Commonwealth, and…