Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Frank FERRELL, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1980-05-30
Citations: 489 Pa. 593
Docket Number: Nos. 304, 350
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Frank FERRELL, Appellant.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 489
Pages: 593–595

Head Matter:
414 A.2d 1050
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Frank FERRELL, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted April 21, 1980.
Decided May 30, 1980.
John Paul Curran, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Division, Asst. Dist. Atty., Michelle Goldfarb, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
On March 14, 1978, the appellant, Frank E. Ferrell, was convicted of third degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in connection with a fatal stabbing incident. Appellant presents three arguments on appeal: (1) that error was committed by denying a motion to suppress appellant's self-incriminating statements; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a third degree murder conviction; and (3) that the Act of December 6, 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 906 (1973) bars simultaneous convictions for murder and possession of an instrument of crime.
After a thorough review of the briefs and record, we have found these arguments to be without merit.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.