Commonwealth v. Hicks

Appellant Dwayne Hicks was found guilty in a jury trial on June 29, 1981 of first degree murder, robbery, and criminal conspiracy and, on March 16, 1982 was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge, plus ten to twenty years for the robbery conviction and five to ten years for the criminal conspiracy conviction, consecutive to the life term.

The facts of this case are accurately summarized as follows:

On October 24, 1980, Mr. Dwayne Hicks instructed Miss Tracy Saunders, a prostitute, to go downtown to get a ‘trick’ who looked like he had money and had a nice car. Ms. Saunders was to…