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COM. v. JERMYN

516 Pa. 460 (1987)

533 A.2d 74

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Fredric JERMYN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale F. Shughart, Jr., Carlisle, for appellant.

J. Michael Eakin, Dist. Atty., M.L. Ebert, Asst. Dist. Atty., Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an automatic direct appeal1 from a sentence of death imposed upon appellant Fredric Jermyn by the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County following his conviction of first degree murder, arson and aggravated assault. For the reasons that follow, appellant's convictions and judgments of sentence must be affirmed.

I.

Appellant was arrested on January 4, 1985, and charged...

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