Commonwealth v. Washington

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

In March of 1977, appellant Delmar Washington was tried for homicide; the charges stemming from a murder committed in Philadelphia during the previous year. Appellant was found guilty of murder of the first degree, and the jury found the presence of aggravating circumstances, but not mitigating circumstances, thereby mandating imposition of the death penalty. Act of March 26, 1974, P.L. 213, No. 46, § 3.1 Following the denial of post-verdict motions, appellant *574took a direct appeal to this Court. This Court reversed the judgment of sentence and ordered a new trial on the…