Commonwealth v. Gwaltney

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

On December 8, 1975, appellant, Anthony Gwaltney, was convicted by a jury of murder of the third degree and criminal conspiracy in connection with the murder of John Wearing. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were denied, and appellant was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of ten to twenty years on the murder conviction and five to ten years on the conspiracy conviction. Represented by the same counsel, appellant filed a direct appeal with this Court, and the judgments of sentence were *509affirmed. Commonwealth v. Gwaltney, 479 Pa. 88, 387…