Commonwealth v. Fowler

401 A.2d 570, 485 Pa. 207, 1979 Pa. LEXIS 587

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: May 31, 1979
• Docket: Appeal Nos. 292, 346
• Status: Published

Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from appellant’s, Ernest Fowler’s, conviction by a jury of murder of the second degree and robbery and burglary. Appellant has raised the following issues:

(1) the evidence is¿ insufficient to sustain the conviction;

(2) the trial court erred in admitting photographs of the victim’s home and the alleged murder weapon;

(3) the prosecution violated Rule 1100 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure;

(4) the trial court erred in permitting testimony concerning a picture of appellant taken after his arrest;

(5) the arresting officer lacked probable cause to arrest appellant;

(6) the bloodstained money introduced into evidence was improperly obtained;

(7) probable cause did not exist for the issuance of search warrants for appellant’s clothing or blood samples;

(8) the written and oral confessions of appellant were illegally obtained and prejudicially cumulative.

We have reviewed each issue and find that they do not warrant the granting of a new trial nor the vacation of the judgment of sentence.

The judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, is affirmed.