COM. v. HUGHES


521 Pa. 423 (1989)

555 A.2d 1264

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Kevin HUGHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nino Tinari, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Maxine Stotland, Philadelphia, and Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

STOUT, Justice.

This direct appeal1 arises from the conviction and death sentence of Kevin Hughes (Appellant) for murder of the first degree, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and arson endangering persons.2 Appellant, who was sixteen years, eleven months, and twenty-four days old at the time of the crimes, was arrested on...

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