Commonwealth v. Frey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, * Justice.
On November 8, 1979, the body of Barbara Jean Frey was found in her automobile in a cornfield in Lancaster County. She had been beaten and shot in the chest and had died from massive hemorrhaging. Barbara Jean’s estranged husband, appellant Roderick Herman Frey, confessed that he had hired someone to murder her and was arrested on December 6, 1979 and charged with murder and conspiracy. A jury trial was convened in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County and, on May 14, 1980, appellant was found guilty of murder of the first degree.. The following day, a…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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