Commonwealth v. McGonigle

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence imposed in a case in which a jury found the appellant guilty of burglary, 1 aggravated robbery, 2 and carrying a firearm upon a public street or upon public property without a license in Philadelphia. 3 Commonwealth testimony at trial was to the effect that appellant, while armed and in the company of accomplices, had entered a Philadelphia jewelry shop on March 26, 1971, had robbed the proprietress, whose wrists were taped during the course of the crime, and had escaped thereafter.

The case presents three issues on appeal:…