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COM. v. HAWKINS

No. 488 CAP

953 A.2d 1248 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Thomas W. HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lee Zuckerman, Esq., Philadelphia, for Thomas W. Hawkins.

Amy Zapp, Esq., Patricia Eileen Coonahan, Esq., Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice EAKIN.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder for the choking death of Andrea Thomas and sentenced to death. At appellant's 1990 trial, a witness named Malcolm Tucker testified that when appellant was incarcerated pending trial, he admitted his guilt to Tucker; at the time, Tucker was in prison awaiting trial on sexual assault charges.

Appellant appealed his conviction, and this...

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