Commonwealth v. Cooley

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Glenn Cooley, of murder of the first degree. 1 Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. We reverse and remand for á new trial. 2

Appellant was arrested and charged with the murder of Pietro Paella. Paella was fatally stabbed in a telephone booth at the corner of South 13th and Dickinson Streets in Philadelphia on the evening of October 25, 1971. At trial, William Campana, who was also charged with Paella’s murder, testified that he encountered appellant at Broad and Snyder Streets on…