COM. v. THOMAS


346 Pa.Super. 11 (1985)

498 A.2d 1345

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Bruce THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell Kaufman, Assistant Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Dara A. DeCourcy, Assistant Deputy District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before WIEAND, CIRILLO and JOHNSON, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Bruce Thomas was convicted by a jury of kidnapping. The jury found that on May 23, 1982, between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m., Thomas and another person placed Theresa Forlastro, who was partially wrapped in a quilt, into the trunk of Thomas' vehicle in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, and drove eighty miles to Cheat Lake, near Morgantown, West Virginia. Later that morning, Miss Forlastro's body was found in the lake by a fisherman. She had been bound, gagged and...

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