Commonwealth v. Upshur

HUDOCK, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after Appellant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder, aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of crime.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

¶ 2 On January 2, 1995, Philadelphia Police Officer A1 Foster responded to the scene of a stabbing which had occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m. at 5700 Elm-wood Avenue in Philadelphia. The victim, Robert Young, identified his assailant as Terrance Skinner. Officer Foster, accompanied by Young, drove through the neighborhood in an effort to locate Skinner, but was…