Commonwealth v. Hill

CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. We affirm.

Following a non-jury trial before the Honorable Robert C. Gallo, appellant Nelson Hill was convicted of third-degree murder, a felony of the first degree. See 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(c). The court sentenced Hill to a term of imprisonment of ten to twenty years. On appeal, Hill challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the sentencing judge’s decision to sentence him in the aggravated range of the Sentencing Guidelines. 1

Hill argues the evidence presented was…