Brown v. Commonwealth

STUMBO, Justice.

Appellant, Bobby Chester Brown, was found guilty but mentally ill of the murders of his father and brother, and guilty but mentally ill of the first-degree assaults of his mother and sister. On or about July 5,1985, Appellant attacked members of his family in their home with a hatchet. Appellant was sentenced to a total of 48 years’ imprisonment, and now appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

Appellant presents nine arguments on appeal, two of which raise rather troublesome issues for this Court.

The first of these arguments involves the statutory provisions which authorize…