Commonwealth v. Bastone

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant William Bastone was tried by a judge sitting with a jury and convicted of murder in the first degree. 1 2On this appeal 2 he presents five issues which he alleges entitle him to relief: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction; .(2) whether the trial court properly instructed the jury on the law of felony murder in the absence of a separate felony indictment; (3) whether appellant’s cross-examination of a prosecution witness was improperly limited by the trial court; (4) whether the trial court improperly refused one of…