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COM. v. GORDON

490 Pa. 234 (1980)

416 A.2d 87

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard Luther GORDON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake E. Martin, Public Defender, Edwin D. Strite, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Deborah K. Hoff, for appellant.

John F. Nelson, Asst. Dist. Atty., David W. Rahauser, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of life sentence imposed subsequent to a determination of guilt of murder of the first degree.

Appellant, Richard Luther Gordon, was charged with murder in connection with the beating death of his wife on June 22, 1978. One witness testified that at approximately 10:00 p.m. while in a bar with appellant, he stated he intended to kill his wife. Later, during the same evening...

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