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COM. v. WHARTON

530 Pa. 127 (1992)

607 A.2d 710

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert WHARTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued January 18, 1989 and April 8, 1991.

Decided April 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Cannon, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Helen Kane, Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The victims in this case, Bradley and Ferne Hart, husband and wife, were subjected to a reign of terror by Robert Wharton, the appellant, and others, commencing in the summer of 1983, and ending tragically in their deaths on January 30, 1984. Appellant was arrested on February 7, 1984, and charged with two counts of homicide, robbery, criminal conspiracy, and numerous theft, burglary and related offenses. A jury of the Court of...

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