Commonwealth v. Ligon

OPINION BY BOWES, J.:

Joseph F. Ligon appeals from the May 17, 2017 judgment of sentence of two concurrent terms of thirty-five years to life imprisonment that were imposed after he *1198 was resentenced on two 1953 convictions for first-degree murder. We affirm.

The convictions arose out of events that occurred on February 20, 1953, when Appellant was 15 years old. Appellant and four others imbibed wine and, over the course of approximately two hours, proceeded to rob and stab eight people, killing Jackson Hamm and Charles Pitts. When Appellant was arrested that night, he was carrying a knife…