Commonwealth v. Waddy

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

Appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally and was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree in accordance with the Pennsylvania Felony Murder Statute, Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §701; December 1, 1959, P. L. 1621, §1,18 P.S. §4701. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the matter is now before this Court on direct appeal from that judgment of sentence.

Appellant argues that the court below erred in convicting him of murder in the first degree when the fatal act was committed by Ms confederate after the robbery had been completed, in the…