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COM. v. GROVE

363 Pa.Super. 328 (1987)

526 A.2d 369

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Jessie Bell GROVE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Merrick, Public Defender, Murray K. Smith, Assistant Public Defender, West Chester, for appellant.

Thomas J. Wagner, Assistant District Attorney, Phoenixville, for Com., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and MONTEMURO and KELLY, JJ.

KELLY, Judge:

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 1981, appellant, Jessie Bell Grove, entered the master bedroom of her home where her husband, Israel Grove, lay drunk and asleep. Appellant removed approximately four hundred dollars from his trouser pocket and then shot her husband in the back with a twelve gauge shotgun. She then tied his legs together, poured gasoline about his body and ignited it. The fire charred Israel Grove's remains, and destroyed...

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