COM. v. SMITH


523 Pa. 577 (1989)

568 A.2d 600

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jay C. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Costopoulos, Lemoyne, for appellant.

Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

In this appeal this Court must review the three sentences of death imposed upon appellant, Jay C. Smith, by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County for the first degree murder convictions of Susan Reinert and her two children, Michael and Karen Reinert. Appellant raises nineteen assignments of trial error for our review, including a challenge that the evidence is insufficient as a...

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