Commonwealth v. Martin

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 On January 27, 1997, a jury convicted Appellant, William Darnell Martin, of third degree murder. The trial court sentenced Appellant to 20 to 40 years imprisonment. This appeal followed. We affirm.

¶ 2 The record reveals that at various times during the day and evening hours of June 8, 1996, the victim, Lamont Nelson, visited Michael Davis and Carlotta Sturdi-vant at their apartment in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh. Mr. Davis testified that he knew Mr. Nelson to be a drug dealer.

¶ 3 During the late evening hours of June 8,1996, Mr. Nelson left the Davis-Sturdivant…