Commonwealth v. Mount

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of death imposed by a three-judge court, composed of three judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, after a finding by such court that George A. Mount was guilty of murder in the first degree. This appeal challenges the validity of the sentence, not the finding of guilt.

On August 29, 1963, Frances Lieberman — a married woman then nine months pregnant — was found dead in the bedroom of her apartment in Philadelphia. On the left side of the deceased’s body were thirteen stab wounds which, in the…