Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lois June FARQUHARSON, Appellant (two cases)
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-07-14
Citations: 479 Pa. 374
Docket Number: Nos. 159 and 168
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lois June FARQUHARSON, Appellant (two cases).
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 479
Pages: 374–378

Head Matter:
388 A.2d 703
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lois June FARQUHARSON, Appellant (two cases).
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 21, 1977.
Decided July 14, 1978.
Joseph Alessandroni, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Alan M. Herman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This case was originally before this Court on direct appeal at which time we affirmed appellant's convictions of murder of the first degree and conspiracy. Commonwealth v. Farquharson, 467 Pa. 50, 354 A.2d 545 (1976). This is an appeal from the Post Conviction Hearing Act court's denial of appellant's request for a new trial based on a Commonwealth witness's recantation testimony. We find no abuse of discretion in the lower court's refusal to believe the recantation testimony and, therefore, affirm that court's order denying a new trial.
Order affirmed.
PACKEL, J., did not participate in the decision of this case.
MANDERINO, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, J., joined.