Commonwealth v. Silo

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Before us is Jerome Silo’s (Appellant) direct appeal to this Court from a judgment of sentence of life imprisonment entered upon a jury verdict finding Appellant guilty of murder of the first degree for the stabbing death of his mother. 1

Appellant now appeals from his second trial, which was brought about because of our reversal of the first judgment of sentence and our order for a new trial in Commonwealth v. Silo, 480 Pa. 15, 389 A.2d 62 (1978). A new trial was commenced before a jury presided over by the Honorable Albert F. Sabo, Judge of the Court of…