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COM. v. BREAKIRON

524 Pa. 282 (1990)

571 A.2d 1035

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Mark David BREAKIRON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Bower, Public Defender, Uniontown, for appellant.

Alphonse P. Lepore, Jr., Dist. Atty., Mark Morrison, First Asst. Dist. Atty., and Russell B. Korner, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Uniontown, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Mark David Breakiron was convicted of first degree murder and robbery after a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Finding that the murder was accompanied by the aggravating circumstances of killing in the course of robbery and killing by means of torture, with no mitigating circumstances, the jury sentenced Breakiron to death. Post-trial motions were denied, and...

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