Commonwealth v. Greiner

Opinion by

Price, J.,

On June 21, 1974, appellant, David Wayne Greiner, was tried before a jury and convicted of criminal conspiracy,1 burglary,2 attempted kidnapping,3 aggravated assault,4 and attempted murder.5 His motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were subsequently refused, and it is from the denial that appellant has appealed.

The testimony adduced at trial revealed that in the early morning of July 26, 1973, the Lancaster County *292Police Department received a report of a stabbing on New Garden Avenue in Lancaster. Officer Armentrout was sent to investigate. When he arrived at…