Commonwealth v. Ferri

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered following appellant’s jury conviction on charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. On April 28, 1983, the appellant, Francis Richard “Rick” Ferri was indicted with Anthony LaRocca for the August 2, 1982 slaying of their drug distribution partner John “Jocko” Heatherington. Heatherington, at the time of his murder, was under a federal grand jury indictment for drug distribution charges. Ferri and LaRocca discussed killing Heatherington to prevent the potential disclosure of their drug distribution…