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COM. v. FREDERICK

508 Pa. 527 (1985)

498 A.2d 1322

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Edward Lee FREDERICK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Kubiak, Asst. Public Defender, Smethport, for appellant.

Jay P. Kahle, Dist. Atty., Smethport, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellant was arrested on August 18, 1982 and charged with criminal homicide, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2501, in the death of his girlfriend, Karen Meeker. Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of first-degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a). After the separate sentencing hearing required by our death penalty statute, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711, appellant was sentenced to death. This direct appeal followed. 42 Pa...

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