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COM. v. SNEED

514 Pa. 597 (1987)

526 A.2d 749

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Willie SNEED, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Mirarchi, III, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Unit, Alan Sacks, Philadelphia, Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

A jury convicted the appellant, Willie Sneed, of murder in the first degree1 and possession of an instrument of crime2 for the shooting death of Calvin Hawkins. A sentencing hearing was then conducted in accordance with Section 9711 of the Sentencing Code.3 After further deliberation, the jury determined the appellant be sentenced to death....

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