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COM. v. PIERCE

537 Pa. 514 (1994)

645 A.2d 189

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael PIERCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl G. Kauffman, Philadelphia, for M.P. Pierce.

Catherine Marshall, Norman Gross, Philadelphia, for Com.

Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Atty. Gen.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from three concurrent judgments of sentence of death. Appellant was convicted of three counts of murder in the first degree as a result of the arson which caused the deaths of his mother, father and grandmother. In addition, the appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of ten to twenty years for arson1, ten to twenty years for aggravated assault...

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