COM. v. GORBY


527 Pa. 98 (1991)

588 A.2d 902

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Thomas Jeffrey GORBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 3, 1991.

Reargument Denied May 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Liekar, Sr., Public Defender, Francis C. Sichko, Washington, for appellant.

John C. Pettit, Dist. Atty., William A. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Washington, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is an automatic direct appeal1 from a death sentence imposed upon appellant by the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County following his conviction of first degree murder. Consolidated with this direct appeal are two appeals transferred from the Superior Court which raise issues related to one of the issues raised in this direct appeal.2 For the reasons...

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