Patler v. Commonwealth

This appeal is from a 20 year sentence pronounced by the trial court upon a jury verdict finding the defendant guilty of the first degree murder of George Lincoln Rockwell on August 25, 1967.

The testimony before the jury consumed approximately three weeks. The printed record is more than 1500 pages long.

We have examined each of the thirty-nine assignments of error filed by the defendant and find only two questions raised of sufficient substance to merit comment and discussion.

I

Did the court err in admitting in evidence certain shell casings and spent bullets discovered and seized on the farm…