Trotman v. Mecchella

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Albert Mecchella appeals the judgment entered July 14, 1992, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. This case arose out of an incident which occurred on September 10, 1988. In the early morning hours of that day, Mecchella was driving three friends around Philadelphia in his car. Thomas Trotman was walking along Sixth Street in Philadelphia when Mecchella called out to Trotman and motioned for him to come over to the car. As Trotman approached the stopped car, he saw the barrel of a gun being pointed at him from the back seat of the car. Trotman heard a popping…