Commonwealth v. Walter

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed after a jury found Appellant guilty of first degree murder in the shaking death of his infant son. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶2 Appellant presents four issues for our review. He alleges that the evidence does not support a first degree murder conviction because malice was not established. He also questions whether the trial court improperly permitted the introduction of evidence of a prior injury to the child’s leg. In a related issue he claims the trial court should have granted his request for a…