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COM. v. WHARTON

542 Pa. 83 (1995)

665 A.2d 458

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Robert WHARTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Cannon, Philadelphia, for Robert Wharton.

Catherine Marshall, Helen Kane, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Attorney General's Office, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert Wharton, appeals from the imposition of two sentences of death for the murders of Bradley and Fern Hart. Appellant was convicted of these murders and sentenced to death in 1985 by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. This matter initially came before this Court as a direct appeal of the sentences of death. This Court affirmed Appellant's convictions of murder of the first degree...

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