Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Arthur EGLESTON, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-02-05
Citations: 492 Pa. 284
Docket Number: Appeal Nos. 402 and 424
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Arthur EGLESTON, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 492
Pages: 284–284

Head Matter:
424 A.2d 509
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Arthur EGLESTON, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Oct. 21, 1980.
Decided Feb. 5, 1981.
John Paul Curran, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Cynthia Severinsen, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
Following a non-jury trial, appellant was found guilty of murder of the third degree and possessing an instrument of a crime. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of incarceration of five to ten years and two and one-half to five years. In this direct appeal appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, asserts that the weapons offense merged into the murder conviction, and contends that the prosecutor committed acts of misconduct in attempting to introduce irrelevant and prejudicial evidence.
After reviewing the record, we find these claims to be without merit. Consequently, the judgments of sentence are affirmed.