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Com. v. Milton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 18, 1978
394 A.2d 512 (Pa. 1978)

Opinion

Argued September 21, 1978.

Decided November 18, 1978.

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Nos. 7307839 and 7308248 February Term, 1977, Donald Ziegler, J.

Lester G. Nauhaus, John H. Corbett, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C. J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.


ORDER


This is a direct appeal from judgments of sentence entered upon July 10, 1975, jury verdicts finding appellant guilty of robbery, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3701 (1973) (amended 1976), and first degree murder (felony murder), id. § 2502(a) (1973) (amended to second degree in 1974). Appellant has raised the following allegations:

This Court's jurisdiction is based upon section 202(1) of the Appellate Court Jurisdiction Act of 1970. 17 Pa.C.S.A. § 211.202(1) (Supp. 1978-79), superseded by 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 722(1) (1978 Pamphlet, part I).

(1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict of felony murder;

(2) the trial court's instructions to the jury on the offense of robbery were erroneous;

(3) the trial court improperly expressed his personal opinion to the jury as to the degree of criminal homicide that would be appropriate based upon the evidence at trial.

We have carefully considered appellant's first two contentions and find them to be without merit. As to appellant's final allegation of trial error, we note, as does appellee, that appellant raised this point of error for the first time on appeal. Therefore, the question has not been preserved for our review. See Commonwealth v. Blair, 460 Pa. 31, 331 A.2d 213 (1975).

Judgments of sentence affirmed.


Summaries of

Com. v. Milton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 18, 1978
394 A.2d 512 (Pa. 1978)
Case details for

Com. v. Milton

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ronald MILTON, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 18, 1978

Citations

394 A.2d 512 (Pa. 1978)
394 A.2d 512

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