Tunstull v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCHRODER.

Troy Anthony Tunstull appeals as a matter of right from his conviction of four counts of second-degree robbery and being a-first-degree persistent felony offender, for which he was sentenced to a total of twenty years’ imprisonment. Appellant raises as error the trial court’s 1) denying his motion for directed verdict as to second-degree robbery; 2) failing to give instructions on theft by unlawful taking and facilitation to robbery; 3) ruling that he failed to make a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination in the Commonwealth’s use of a…