Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1977

Commonwealth v. Roache

Commonwealth v. Roache
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 23, 1977 · Brien, Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, Packel, Pomeroy, Roberts
475 Pa. 460; 380 A.2d 1227; 1977 Pa. LEXIS 917

Commonwealth v. Roache

Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Judgment of sentence affirmed.*

The issues raised were:

1. Whether the trial judge erred in allowing to be admitted into evidence a statement allegedly made by the victim before dying based on hearsay exception;
2. Whether the trial judge erred in allowing to be admitted into evidence testimony of police efforts to locate appellant after the crime as evidence of flight; and
3. Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction.

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