Commonwealth v. Szczesniewski

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, following the conviction of appellant on two counts of murder in the first degree. The jury determined that appellant had conspired with Herbert Leitner and Edward Peterson in the execution style slaying of Mario Papini and his girlfriend Kathleen Logan.

Appellant raises five issues on appeal: 1) Did the trial court err by permitting evidence of uncharged drug crimes to be admitted; 2) Was the evidence insufficient; 3) Did the trial court err by permitting Assistant…