Commonwealth v. Treftz

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Donald P. Treftz, was convicted of murder in the first degree following a jury trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence were denied by the trial judge sitting for the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County. This appeal followed. 1

Appellant raises several questions on appeal: one, involving the trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress certain evidence allegedly obtained in violation of appellant’s fourth amendment rights; another, questioning the sufficiency…