Commonwealth v. Grove

KELLY, Judge:

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 1981, appellant, Jessie Bell Grove, entered the master bedroom of her home where her husband, Israel Grove, lay drunk and asleep. Appellant removed approximately four hundred dollars from his trouser pocket and then shot her husband in the back with a twelve gauge shotgun. She then tied his legs together, poured gasoline about his body and ignited it. The fire charred Israel Grove’s remains, and destroyed the family residence. Appellant’s daughter, Diane Denise Grove, assisted her mother in the commission of these acts. The next…