Commonwealth v. Myers

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Michael Myers pled guilty to murder generally. After a degree of guilt hearing on December 18, 1974, a two-judge panel of the Court of Common Pleas of York County was unable to agree on whether, under the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502 (Supp.1978), appellant had committed murder of the first or second degree. After the addition of a third judge, the panel held a new degree of guilt hearing on March 14,1975. The three judge panel, one judge dissenting, found appellant guilty of murder of the first degree and sentenced him to death.

Appellant…