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COM. v. WALLACE

555 Pa. 397 (1999)

724 A.2d 916

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. William WALLACE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Darragh, Hickory, for W. Wallace, Jr.

Michael J. Fagella, Washington, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for the Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County denying post-conviction relief in a capital case.1 For the reasons presented herein, we affirm.

On August 17, 1979, Henry Brown and Appellant William Wallace, Jr. robbed Carl's Cleaners in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. In the course of the robbery, Appellant shot and killed the store owner, Carl Luisi,...

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