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COM. v. SMITH

502 Pa. 600 (1983)

467 A.2d 1120

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Heneks, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Uniontown, for appellant.

Gerald R. Solomon, Dist. Atty., Uniontown, Marion MacIntyre, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, John M. Zeglen, Asst. Dist. Atty., Uniontown, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree wherein the jury directed the entry of the sentence of death. The appellant, Donald Smith, was determined to have killed a Mr. Lonnie Hinerman sometime between October 6th and 7th, 1980. The victim's body was discovered in the Cheat River on the morning of October 7, 1980, a short distance from the Ruane-Arnold Coal Tipple in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. After...

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