Commonwealth v. McAndrews

OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

After a jury trial, appellant, John J. McAndrews, was convicted of murder of the first degree 1 and possession of an instrument of crime 2 in connection with the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, twenty-three year old Jaimie Ulan, on October 31, 1977. Post-trial motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the first degree murder conviction and to a concurrent term of two and one-half to five years imprisonment for possession of an instrument of crime. An appeal was taken directly to this Court from the judgment of sentence imposed for…