Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony David ROACHE, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1977-12-23
Citations: 475 Pa. 460
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony David ROACHE, Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 475
Pages: 460–460

Head Matter:
380 A.2d 1227
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony David ROACHE, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 13, 1977.
Decided Dec. 23, 1977.
Eugene H. Clarke, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., for appellee.
Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
The issues raised were:
1. Whether the trial judge erred in allowing to be admitted into evidence a statement allegedly made by the victim before dying based on hearsay exception;
2. Whether the trial judge erred in allowing to be admitted into evidence testimony of police efforts to locate appellant after the crime as evidence of flight; and
3. Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction.