Commonwealth v. Carter

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bakbieei,

Appellant was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of second degree murder under one bill and aggravated assault and battery under a second bill. After the entry of the verdicts, appellant filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. An en banc Court of Philadelphia Common Pleas judges denied these motions. Appellant was sentenced by the Court to a term of seven to twenty years’ imprisonment on the second degree murder charge and received a suspended sentence on the aggravated assault and battery charge. This appeal followed.

At trial the…