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COM. v. PETERKIN

511 Pa. 299 (1986)

513 A.2d 373

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Otis PETERKIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Diamond, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief/Appeals Div., Elizabeth J. Chambers, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The appellant, Otis Peterkin, was convicted by a jury of robbery,1 possession of an instrument of crime-generally,2 and two counts of murder in the first degree3 for the shooting deaths of two persons. These crimes were committed in the course of a robbery of a service station in Philadelphia. Following...

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