COM. v. SIMS


513 Pa. 366 (1987)

521 A.2d 391

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Bobby L. SIMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief/Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Steven J. Cooperstein, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Marion E. MacIntrye, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

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


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.*

This is a direct appeal from a judgment imposing upon Bobby Lee Sims, the appellant herein, the sentence of death for the killing of one Warren Teasley. Sims had been tried before a jury, which, after finding him guilty of first-degree murder, voted to impose the penalty of death. The jury also found him guilty of robbery and criminal conspiracy. After the denial of post-trial motions, the appellant...

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