COM. v. McCULLUM


529 Pa. 117 (1992)

602 A.2d 313

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Thomas McCULLUM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Thomassey, Monroeville (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., and Scott A. Bradley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

Death came for Tillie Katz in her eighty-third year, not by nature's hand, but at the hands of a predatory felon. A review of the evidence in this case leaves no doubt that it was appellant's hands that crushed her skull with a steel pipe, raped, and robbed her.

The threnody begins when appellant arrived at the Riverview Center for Jewish Seniors and met Marion Gantt, a nursing assistant, between 5:00 P.M. and 5:30 P.M...

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