Commonwealth v. Upshur

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

On April 8, 1975, appellant Ronald Upshur was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree, robbery, and *30conspiracy. The court sentenced him to consecutive prison terms of life and twenty-five to fifty years. On direct appeal,1 appellant seeks relief on the ground, inter alia, that the trial court improperly refused trial counsel’s request for an “accomplice” charge, and that trial counsel’s subsequent failure to challenge this ruling in written post-verdict motions constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. We agree, vacate the judgments of sentence, and…