Commonwealth v. Rolan

520 Pa. 1 (1988)

549 A.2d 553

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Florencio ROLAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 20, 1988.

Decided October 18, 1988.

Janis Smarro, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Alan Sacks, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

We are presently required to review the conviction of murder of the first degree and the death…