Commonwealth v. Morris

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The appellant was tried by a jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree 1 and robbery. 2 After further deliberations that same jury rendered a verdict of death for the first degree murder conviction. 3 Post-trial motions were denied and the judgment of sentence was entered on September 8, 1987. 4 In addition to imposing the death sentence fixed by the jury, 5 the sentencing judge imposed a consecutive sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment, on the robbery conviction. Appellant directly appealed the judgments of sentence. 6

The facts giving rise to this…