Commonwealth v. Beach

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

This case has been the subject of three jury trials; the first ended in a mistrial, the second resulted in a conviction of murder in the second degree which was subsequently overturned by this Court, Commonwealth v. Beach, 438 Pa. 37, 264 A. 2d 712 (1970), and the third trial culminated in another conviction of appellant of second degree murder. Post-trial motions were denied and this appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence of five to twenty years imprisonment.

The prosecution of appellant resulted from the fatal stabbing of one Clyde Griffin on November…