COM. v. PETERKIN


554 Pa. 547 (1998)

722 A.2d 638

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Otis PETERKIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1998.

Reargument Denied February 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brett Dunham, Stephen A. Whinston, Kenneth L. Fox, Philadelphia, for O. Peterkin.

Catherine Marshall, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

Before FLAHERTY, Chief Judge, and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant's second PCRA petition. On September 24, 1982, in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, appellant was convicted of two counts of murder of the first degree. He was sentenced to death for murdering two men during the course of a robbery. Appellant appealed his conviction and this court affirmed the conviction...

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