Commonwealth v. Whitaker

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.:

Appellant Tajjideen Whitaker (hereinafter “Appellant”) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on July 22, 2009, at which time Appellant received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole following his conviction of first-degree murder 1 along with a concurrent sentence of nine (9) months to twenty-four (24) months in prison for his conviction of possessing an instrument of crime. 2 Upon our review of the record, we affirm.

Following a jury trial which began on June 25, 2009,…