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COM. v. CHAMBERS

528 Pa. 558 (1991)

599 A.2d 630

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Karl S. CHAMBERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 4, 1991.

Reargument Denied January 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Kearney, III, Asst. Defender, for appellant.

H. Stanley Rebert, Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Karl S. Chambers, Appellant, was convicted of murder of the first degree and robbery, and was sentenced to death. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(1),1 this direct appeal followed. Immediately following the jury's return of its guilty verdicts, the Honorable Joseph E. Erb, of the Court of Common Pleas of York County, commenced a sentencing hearing in which the same jury found one...

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