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COM. v. SZUCHON

506 Pa. 228 (1984)

484 A.2d 1365

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Joseph Thomas SZUCHON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 20, 1984.

Reargument Denied January 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot J. Segel, Court-appointed, Erie, for appellant.

Michael J. Veshecco, Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

On October 23, 1981, appellant Joseph Thomas Szuchon was found guilty by a jury of murder of the first degree, three counts of kidnapping, two counts of terroristic threats and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. In the penalty phase of the bifurcated proceeding conducted pursuant to the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711, the same jury sentenced appellant to death for the murder of Judy Lynn...

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