Commonwealth v. Martin

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Elmore E. Martin was tried before a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, possession of instruments of crime, and crimes committed with a firearm. Post-verdict motions were filed and subsequently denied. Judgment of sentence of three to six years imprisonment was imposed on the manslaughter conviction and judgments of sentence on the other convictions were suspended. These appeals followed.1

Martin argues the trial court erred in denying his application to dismiss the charges with prejudice…