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COM. v. PALMER

345 Pa.Super. 416 (1985)

498 A.2d 891

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Earl PALMER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Gelb, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan J. Sacks, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, BROSKY and TAMILIA, JJ.

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence for first degree murder. Because the crime was committed prior to enactment of 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711, the death sentence rendered by the jury was vacated and life imprisonment imposed. See Commonwealth v. Story, 497 Pa. 273, 440 A.2d 488 (1982).

The conviction stems from appellant's strangulation slaying of a 71 year old female...

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