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COM. v. STOYKO

504 Pa. 455 (1984)

475 A.2d 714

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Richard STOYKO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued September 13, 1983.

Decided April 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Dedola, Jr. (court-appointed), Uniontown, for appellant at No. 42.

Alphonse P. Lepore, Jr., First Asst. Public Defender, Uniontown, for appellant at No. 43.

Gerald R. Solomon, Dist. Atty., Samuel J. Davis, James T. Davis, John M. Zeglen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Uniontown, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN,* Justice.

On August 14, 1980, appellant, Richard Stoyko, was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal homicide for the shooting deaths of Shelby Jean Storm and Joseph Glad. These counts were consolidated for trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County and, on February 9, 1981, a jury found appellant guilty of two counts of murder of the first degree. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(a).<...

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