Commonwealth v. Austin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
BENDER, J.:
¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon Appellant after he was convicted of second degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and false reports to authorities. Appellant raises four issues for our consideration. We rephrase them as follows:
Was the evidence sufficient to sustain Appellant’s conviction for second degree murder (felony murder) where the jury acquitted Appellant of robbery, the underlying and predicate felony supporting the charge of second degree murder; Was Appellant’s conviction for second degree murder against the weight of…
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