Commonwealth v. King

RIBNER, J.,

Defendant, Lamar King, was tried jointly with a codefendant before a jury, selection of which began on December 17, 1973.

OnDecember 27,1973, the jury found defendant, Lamar King, guilty of larceny.

The facts established by the Commonwealth at trial indicated that on April 17, 1973, at approximately 8 p.m., Mrs. Gilda Intrieri and Mrs. Catherine Lafferty left Jacob Ruth’s undertaking establishment on Germantown Avenue and began to walk home, proceeding on the east side of Germantown Avenue in a southerly direction.

As the two women approached the 8100 block of Germantown Avenue, they…