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COM. v. PURSELL

508 Pa. 212 (1985)

495 A.2d 183

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Alan Lee PURSELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 26, 1985.

Reargument Denied September 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis V. Williams, Erie, for appellant.

Michael J. Vechecco, Dist. Atty., Shad Connelly, Erie, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We are presently required to review the conviction of murder of the first degree and the death sentence of Alan Lee Pursell (Appellant) pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h).1 Appellant was arrested on July 28, 1981, and charged with criminal homicide for the death of a thirteen-year-old boy, Christopher Brine, whose body...

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