Commonwealth v. Murray

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant William Murray was convicted after trial without a jury of murder in the second degree for the stabbing death of Hazel Smith. After the denial of appellant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, 1 he was sentenced to serve a six-to-twenty year term of imprisonment. On this direct appeal, 2 we affirm.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction of murder in the second degree. He argues that the Commonwealth failed to prove the malice necessary to constitute murder, and that he presented evidence…