COM. v. WASHINGTON


492 Pa. 572 (1981)

424 A.2d 1340

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Delmar WASHINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Victor Fortuno, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In March of 1977, appellant Delmar Washington was tried for homicide; the charges stemming from a murder committed in Philadelphia during the previous year. Appellant was found guilty of murder of the first degree, and the jury found the presence of aggravating circumstances, but not mitigating circumstances, thereby mandating imposition of the death penalty. Act of March 26, 1974, P.L. 213, No. 46, § 3.1<...

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