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COM. v. RIVERS

786 A.2d 923 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee, v. Delores RIVERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Silverman, Philadelphia, for Delores Rivers.

Catherine Marshall, for Commonwealth.

William G. Young, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci,Harrisburg, for Office of Attorney General.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the denial of a PCRA petition in a death penalty case. Rivers was convicted of first degree murder on March 15, 1989. The next day, the jury determined that there were two aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances and fixed the penalty at death. This court affirmed the judgment of sentence...

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