Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gravely
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1979No. 211PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Appellant, William Gravely, was convicted by a jury of murder of the second degree in connection with the death of Denise Bennett. Following a denial of post-verdict motions, *198judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This direct appeal followed.
The Commonwealth argues the issues now advanced by Gravely are not properly preserved for appellate review since they were not included in written post-verdict motions. Commonwealth v. Blair, 460 Pa. 31, 331 A.2d 213 (1975). A brief raising the issues was presented to the post-verdict motion court, and the court…
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