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Com. v. Harvey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jul 2, 1981
430 A.2d 1163 (Pa. 1981)

Opinion

Submitted January 30, 1981.

Decided July 2, 1981.

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, October Term, 1977, No. 2556-2559.

Joel Every, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Alan J. Sacks, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT


Appellant, Ronald Harvey, Jr., was convicted by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia of the offenses of murder of the third degree and possession of instruments of crime. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten to twenty years for the murder conviction, and one to five years for the weapons offense. This appeal followed.

Appellant raises two assignments of error: (1) that the prosecutor's erroneous definition of murder of the third degree during his closing argument was so damaging as to have been incurable by the court's instructions, and (2) that the lower court's refusal to give the jury appellant's requested point for charge on identification was error. We have reviewed these claims and find both to be without merit. Judgment of sentence is, therefore, affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Com. v. Harvey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jul 2, 1981
430 A.2d 1163 (Pa. 1981)
Case details for

Com. v. Harvey

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ronald HARVEY, Jr., Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jul 2, 1981

Citations

430 A.2d 1163 (Pa. 1981)
430 A.2d 1163

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