Commonwealth v. McCauley
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
TAMILIA, Judge:
This is an appeal from a July 24, 1990 judgment of sentence imposing a term of life imprisonment after a jury conviction for the second degree murder 1 of Devera Frink. The relevant facts are as follows.
At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, 1977, the 21-year old victim was hitch-hiking to her home in Boalsburg after finishing her shift at a waitressing job in State College, Center County, Pennsylvania. The evidence suggests she was forced by appellant and Jessie Taylor, who were riding as passengers, into a van owned and operated by Robert Brown. At one point, the…
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