Commonwealth v. Philpot

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on a jury verdict of guilty of murder of the third degree. We affirm for want of compliance with the written post-verdict motion specificity requirement of Pa.R.Crim.Proc. 1123(a) and Commonwealth v. Blair, 460 Pa. 31, 331 A.2d 213 (1975).

On February 15, 1979, appellant filed a written “Motion For New Trial And/Or Arrest Of Judgment.” Contained in the written motion was only the following allegation:

“1. The jury verdict was against the weight of the…