WICKERSHAM, Judge:
Derrick Smith appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.
On January 22, 1983, police were called to appellant Smith's residence, where they found Smith and the body of his common law wife, Vivian Pickens. Pickens had been strangled with an electric cord attached to a curling iron. Appellant told police "I killed my baby and she ain't here no more." N.T. 1/30/84, 19.
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