Commonwealth v. Pierce

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 arson 1 , ten to twenty years for aggravated assault 2 , two and one-half to five years for recklessly endangering another person 3 , and, three and one-half to seven years for risking a catastrophe. 4

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