Commonwealth v. Dillon

WIEAND, Judge:

Carol Dillon was found guilty by a jury of murder of the third degree in the stabbing death of her husband on the evening of June 7, 1986. Post-trial motions were dismissed, and she was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6) years. 1 On direct appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict and alleges numerous trial errors. We will consider these issues seriatim.

Appellant’s post-trial motions contained only a “boiler-plate” challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. This was…