Commonwealth v. Harper

BECK, Judge.

We address, inter alia, the propriety of the court’s giving an instruction on accomplice liability where appellant was not charged as an accomplice but only as the principal.

In this appeal from the judgments of sentence for first degree murder, robbery and possession of an instrument of crime, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on accomplice liability and that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s cross- examination of a defense witness. We find appellant’s claims to be without merit and affirm.

Appellant was…