Commonwealth v. Fant

480 Pa. 586 (1978)

391 A.2d 1040

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Hugh FANT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 9, 1978.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Gary N. Altman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Gerald R. Solomon, Ralph C. Harman, Uniontown, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant Hugh Fant, a black male, was tried before a judge and jury and convicted of two counts of murder of the third degree in connection with the shooting deaths of two men in a Uniontown nightclub. Post-verdict…