Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Johnny Lee ELLIS, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-11-02
Citations: 481 Pa. 528
Docket Number: No. 250
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Johnny Lee ELLIS, Appellant.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 481
Pages: 528–529

Head Matter:
393 A.2d 30
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Johnny Lee ELLIS, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Sept. 19, 1978.
Decided Nov. 2, 1978.
Wayne S. Lipecky, Beaver, for appellant.
John Lee Brown, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaver, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
Appellant, Johnny Lee Ellis, was tried by a judge sitting with a jury in Beaver County for the homicide of Robert Thompson. The homicide occurred in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1976. The jury returned a verdict of guilty to the charge of voluntary manslaughter. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of four to eight years at a state correctional institution, and to pay a fine of $500 and costs. This direct appeal followed.
The only issue presented on this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment of sentence imposed on the conviction of voluntary manslaughter. We have reviewed the record and the notes of testimony in the instant case and find the evidence sufficient to sustain the judgment of sentence. See Commonwealth v. Kampo, 480 Pa. 516, 391 A.2d 1005 (1978) and Commonwealth v. Rose, 463 Pa. 264, 344 A.2d 824 (1975).
Judgment of sentence affirmed.