Commonwealth v. Webster

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, William Lloyd Webster, Jr., a/k/a William Webster Bey, was convicted of murder of the third degree for the shooting death of Wendell Byrd. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of not less than nine nor more than eighteen years. This direct appeal followed.

The facts are as follows. On November 2,1978, the victim drove past appellant and shouted that he wished to speak to him. Appellant’s companion at the time testified at trial that the victim did not sound angry; rather she characterized his manner as…