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COM. v. TRAVAGLIA

502 Pa. 474 (1983)

467 A.2d 288

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael J. TRAVAGLIA, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. John Charles LESKO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 29, 1983.

Reargument Denied December 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabe F. Marsh, III, Greensburg (Court-appointed), Welsh S. White, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 26.

Dante G. Bertani, Public Defender, Timothy J. McCormick, Asst. Public Defender, Greensburg, for appellant at No. 37.

John J. Driscoll, Dist. Atty., Timothy J. Geary, Asst. Dist. Atty., Greensburg, for appellee at No. 37.

Marion MacIntyre, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee at No. 26.

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

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We are called upon to review convictions of first degree murder, for which the Appellants were sentenced to death. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h), we examine the record for errors at trial, and to determine whether the sentence of death should be affirmed or vacated.

I. BACKGROUND

In the early morning hours of January 3, 1980, Apollo Police Officer Leonard Miller...

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