Commonwealth v. Madison

OPINION

McDermott, justice.

This is a direct appeal from a decision by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which imposed on appellant, Russell Madison, judgments of sentence for first degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime. We now affirm. 1

On December 30, 1977, Philadelphia police were called to the scene of a homicide. While searching the premises they discovered the body of Luther Collins (hereinafter “victim”) with a knife wound in the chest. Additional search produc ed a Christmas card bearing appellant’s name found in the pocket of a raincoat laying near the body, a…