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COM. v. HUGHES

536 Pa. 355 (1994)

639 A.2d 763

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert T. HUGHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenny L. Steinen, West Chester, for appellant.

James P. MacElree, II, Dist. Atty., Nicholas J. Casenta, Jr., 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 OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is an automatic direct appeal1 from two sentences of death imposed upon appellant by the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County following his conviction of two counts of first degree murder and one count each of robbery, possession of instruments of crime, and violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. The charges arose as a result of the shooting deaths of two employees of a McDonald...

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