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COM. v. STOKES

532 Pa. 242 (1992)

615 A.2d 704

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ralph Trent STOKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Hugh Burns, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

Three consecutive sentences of death were imposed upon Ralph Trent Stokes on June 9, 1987. Further cumulative consecutive sentences of ten to twenty years for robbery,1 two and one-half to five years for possessing instruments of crime,2 and five to ten years for criminal conspiracy3 were also imposed. As this...

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