Opinion
Submitted March 3, 1980.
Decided May 30, 1980.
Appeal No. 184 March Term, 1978, from the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Criminal Division, on October 12, 1978 at Nos. 7607718A and 7607698A, James F. Clarke, Judge.
John H. Corbett, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
OPINION
On appeal, the appellant raises the following issues:
(1) whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain his conviction for second degree murder;
(2) whether the trial judge erred in excluding a potential juror who was adamantly opposed to the death penalty;
(3) whether the prosecutor committed reversible error by his reference to photograph identification; and
(4) whether the trial judge erred by not granting a mistrial after the prosecutor's opening statement that he represented the Commonwealth, as well as the defendant, a member of the Commonwealth.
We find that each allegation of error is without merit and affirm the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.