Commonwealth v. Martinolich

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant Robert J. Martinolich is here on direct appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. He presents several assignments of error, none of which requires reversal. Accordingly, we affirm.

During the evening of August 12, 1969, twenty year-old Glenn Eckert and eighteen year-old Marilyn H. Sheelder disappeared. They had been out together on a date. Six days later, the car Eckert had been driving on the night of his date was found abandoned on Railroad Street, in Leesport, Pennsylvania. In the car were the couple’s shoes, and $489.23, the exact…