Commonwealth v. Rainey

O’BRIEN, Justice:

Appellant, William Rainey, was convicted in a jury trial of murder of the second degree and two counts of robbery. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with two ten-to-twenty year prison terms for the robbery convictions. This appeal followed.

The facts of the instant crime are as follows. On December 16,1975, five men armed with guns entered Cavanaugh’s Bar at 58th and Christian Streets in Philadelphia. After announcing a hold up, the group began taking wallets and money when off-duty Philadelphia policeman William Daniels, a…