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COM. v. BREAKIRON

556 Pa. 519 (1999)

729 A.2d 1088

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis A. Jin, Uniontown, Michael J. Savona, Brownsville, for M. Breakiron.

Robert A. Graci, Marianne E. Kreisher, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

In this capital case, Mark David Breakiron ("Breakiron") appeals from an order denying post-conviction relief.

I. FACTS

On March 24, 1987, Breakiron stabbed Saundra Marie Martin (Ms. Martin) at Shenanigan's Lounge, the bar at which she was working. He then took her purse and the bags that contained the bar's cash receipts for the day. He threw Ms. Martin's body in his pick up truck and hid it in the...

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