Commonwealth v. WEEDEN

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Manderino,

The appellants, Angelo Weeden and Major Reed, were convicted of murder in the first degree in a joint *439trial by jury. Post-verdict motions were denied and the appellants were sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed. Four issues which are raised by both appellants will be discussed in the first part of this opinion followed by a consideration of three other issues raised only by the appellant Weeden.

The prosecution’s evidence established that the two appellants and a third man, Ronald Williams, shot and killed one James Montgomery, during a robbery…