COM. v. BEASLEY


524 Pa. 34 (1990)

568 A.2d 1235

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Leslie C.X. BEASLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Helen Kane, for appellant.

Hugh C. Clark, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the Superior Court erred in setting aside the appellee's sentence of death, because of prosecutorial remarks about the appellate process made in closing argument during the penalty phase of the trial.

Appellee, Leslie Beasley, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal this Court affirmed the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth...

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