Commonwealth v. Taylor

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Darrell Taylor was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia of murder of the second degree, robbery, and possession of instruments of crime and prohibited offensive weapons. Post-verdict motions were denied by a court en banc. Thereafter, judgments of sentence of life imprisonment and not less than five nor more than fifteen years imprisonment were imposed • on the murder and robbery convictions respectively. Judgment of sentence on the other conviction was suspended. These appeals followed. 1

Taylor advances four assignments of error as grounds for a new trial. Since we…