Shifflett v. Commonwealth

A jury found Jackson David Shifflett, Sr., guilty of the willful, deliberate and premeditated murders of Michael Shaffer and Denvil Mason, the felonious use of a shotgun while committing each murder, and the malicious wounding of Dennis Sears. The jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for life for each of the murders, one year for each of the felonious uses of a shotgun, and 20 years for the malicious wounding. On December 14, 1979, the trial court entered judgment on the verdicts.

The offenses of which Shifflett was convicted were committed on February 2, 1979.…