Commonwealth v. Unger

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In 1976, appellant and an accomplice drove into a gas station located on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drew firearms, and forced the manager and a patron to lie face down on the garage floor. Despite compliance with their demands, appellant, after emptying the cash register, fired a single rifle shot into the back of the manager, killing him instantly. The accomplice fired several pistol shots into the patron’s back, rendering him a paraplegic. Appellant was charged with murder, armed robbery and other counts, and he confessed his…