Commonwealth v. Bolden

LAVELLE, Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of first degree murder and robbery of Robert Indyk. This appeal followed sentencing by the trial court.

At trial, Michael Romano testified that he was originally part of a conspiracy with appellant and John Nastari and that he accompanied Nastari and appellant to the Indyk quarry site shortly before the murder, for the purpose of viewing the premises. Romano withdrew from the group’s plans after that trip and before January 10, 1972 when Robert Indyk was robbed and killed.

At appellant’s trial in July of 1977, Romano testified that on…