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COM. v. MAXWELL

505 Pa. 152 (1984)

477 A.2d 1309

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Frederick MAXWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Bruno, Norristown (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The appellant here appeals from a sentence of death.1 If the facts alleged and resolved by the jury are legally predicated, they depict a "wickedness of disposition, a hardness of heart and recklessness of consequence," that are the very name and nature of murder. With the announced intention of robbery and "killing if necessary," appellant lured an encyclopedia...

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