Commonwealth v. Savage

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

An argument in a bar went out to the corner of 37th and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia. Outside the appellant pulled a gun and shot one Lamont Pollar in the back during a chase around a parked car. Lamont Pollar died. The appellant was brought to trial, pled self defense, which the jury did not accept, and was convicted of first degree murder, 1 conspiracy, 2 and possession of an instrument of crime. 3 The jury’s verdict, given the evidence that they heard and accepted, is beyond quarrel: by the appellant’s own statement he fired the fatal shot; and the reasons he…