Commonwealth v. Zapata

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant Monserrate Zapata was convicted of two charges of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two consecutive terms of six to twelve years imprisonment. After the denial of post-trial motions, Zapata filed this appeal alleging several trial errors. None of appellant’s contentions merit relief and Ave accordingly affirm the judgments of sentence.

Appellant first contends that he Avas entitled to acquittal on the ground of self-defense and in the alternative that the jury’s failure to find that appellant acted in self-defense was against the weight of the…