Commonwealth v. Liddick

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The appellant, Wayne Earl Liddick was convicted of murder of the first degree following a second jury trial in October of 1977.1 Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this direct appeal appellant raises two contentions, both of which are without merit.

*124Appellant first contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. The applicable statute which defined murder of the first degree provided [in pertinent part]: “A criminal homicide constitutes murder of the first degree when it is…