Commonwealth v. Son Truong

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E.:

Son Truong appeals from the June 9, 2009 judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, following his conviction for third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime (“PIC”).1 For the following reasons, we affirm.2

At some point during the late evening hours of December 10, 2007 and going into the early morning hours of December 11th, appellant stabbed his father, Lok Truong, to death in the home he shared with his parents in Philadelphia. Appellant was arrested and charged with murder and PIC. A preliminary hearing…