Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alexander SHIELDS, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-07-02
Citations: 494 Pa. 210
Docket Number: No. 25
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alexander SHIELDS, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 494
Pages: 210–212

Head Matter:
431 A.2d 223
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alexander SHIELDS, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 22, 1981.
Decided July 2, 1981.
Willis W. Berry, Jr., Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Brian Rosenthal, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Appellant, Alexander Shields, appeals from judgments of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia following convictions for murder of the second degree, rape, statutory rape, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.
Appellant raises two assignments of error in the instant direct appeal: (1) that the convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence, including an assertion that the Commonwealth's evidence contained an inconsistency; and (2) that appellant was so mentally deficient as to have been incapable of effectively waiving his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). After a thorough review of the briefs and record in this case, we have concluded that appellant's contentions are without merit.
Judgments of sentence affirmed.