COM. v. JASPER


526 Pa. 497 (1991)

587 A.2d 705

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Alfred JASPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Gelb, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Harriett Brumberg, Robert A. Graci, Chief, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We are compelled to review Appellant's judgment of sentence of death in accordance with Section 9711(h)(1) of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. After having found the Appellant guilty of first degree murder, the jury determined that the evidence supported two aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances and imposed the death penalty.

Although the Appellant does not challenge...

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