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COM. v. LOGAN

519 Pa. 607 (1988)

549 A.2d 531

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ronald LOGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Floyd, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Donna G. Zucker, Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Attys. Gen., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

The Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree and possession of an instrument of crime for axing to death a stranger on a public bus containing five other passengers and was sentenced to death.

The record indicates that he delivered approximately fifteen blows to the victim's head. Testifying that "voices" directed him...

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