Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Leon NELSON, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-12-17
Citations: 496 Pa. 443
Docket Number: Appeal No. 50
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Leon NELSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 496
Pages: 443–444

Head Matter:
437 A.2d 956
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Leon NELSON, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Oct. 23, 1981.
Decided Dec. 17, 1981.
Lewis S. Small, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Maureen Brennan, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Leon Nelson appeals directly to this Court from judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District on January 30, 1979 convicting him of murder of the third degree. He alleges that the evidence adduced at trial is insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain the conviction. After a thorough review of the record, we are satisfied that there was ample evidence to prove appellant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of murder of the third degree.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.