Commonwealth v. Parmer

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Linn,

The appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years and two months and nor. more than.fourteen years and four months. ITe received a fair trial which was reviewed by a court in banc composed of three judges who refused his motion for a new trial. He now presents but two contentions: first, that he is entitled to a new trial on the ground that he should not have been “convicted of a higher crime than his principal” who had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter : his second contention is…