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COM. v. DeHART

539 Pa. 5 (1994)

650 A.2d 38

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert Perry DeHART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry W. Despoy, Altoona, for appellant.

Robert B. Stewart, III, Dist. Atty., Edson S. Crafts, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lawrence L. Newton, Kerry L. Erisman, Sp. Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert Perry DeHart, was found guilty by a jury on November 17, 1983, of escape,1 robbery,2 burglary,3 and murder in the first degree.4 The jury fixed the penalty for the murder conviction at death. An automatic direct appeal to this Court followed pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 722(4) and...

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