Commonwealth v. McCullum
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
Death came for Tillie Katz in her eighty-third year, not by nature’s hand, but at the hands of a predatory felon. A review of the evidence in this case leaves no doubt that it was appellant’s hands that crushed her skull with a steel pipe, raped, and robbed her.
The threnody begins when appellant arrived at the River-view Center for Jewish Seniors and met Marion Gantt, a nursing assistant, between 5:00 P.M. and 5:30 P.M. on September 17, 1988. Ms. Gantt knew the appellant, and after they talked for about five minutes, the appellant left. That meeting was to put…
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