Commonwealth v. O'Shea
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On July 11, 1985, a jury of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County convicted Ronald G. O’Shea, the appellant, of robbery and of murder of the first degree for the machete killing of Herbert Kleber and the robbery of the store in which Mr. Kleber was working when the murder took place. The following day, that same jury sentenced appellant to death following a hearing conducted pursuant to the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711. Post-trial motions were denied on December 5, 1986 by the presiding judge, the Honorable Robert P. Horgas. On February 2,…
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