Commonwealth v. Swanson

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from a Judgment of sentence entered after the Court had denied defendant’s motion for a new trial.

In December 1966, defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder. The jury then fixed the penalty at life imprisonment.

Ronald Webb, the only witness to the killing, testified for the Commonwealth. Defendant had been involved with Webb and Robert David Herdman, the victim, in several burglaries in or near the city of Johns-town. Webb testified that on March 10, 1966, he and the defendant were in the latter’s automobile waiting for…