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COM. v. PETERKIN

538 Pa. 455 (1994)

649 A.2d 121

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Otis PETERKIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 12, 1994.

Reargument Denied December 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Franzel, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Catherine Marshall, Alan Sacks, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth.

Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Attorney General.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant, Otis Peterkin, was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder of the first degree, robbery, and possession of an instrument of a crime for the shooting deaths of two persons committed in the course of a robbery of a service station, appellant's former place of employment. A sentencing hearing followed in which a jury returned a sentence of death for both murder charges. Appellant was subsequently...

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