DOYLE, J.
The defendant in the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County, one Billy Joe Schaffer (appellant in this court), was indicted by the county grand jury on five separate counts: (1) murder in the first degree; (2) arson; (3) mutilation of a dead body; (4) maliciously entering a dwelling house and attempting to commit a felony; and (5) burning personal
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