Commonwealth v. Schroth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

On April 11,1973, Louis Cecil Schroth ivas convicted by a jury in Dauphin County of murder in the first degree, and on the same day the court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. No post-trial motions were filed in the trial court, but a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence was filed in this Court on May 17th.

In the appeal, Schroth cites conduct of the Commonwealth’s attorney and certain rulings of the court during the trial which he says precluded him from receiving a fair trial.

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