Commonwealth v. Steele

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The appellant was tried by a jury and found guilty of three counts of murder in the first degree, 1 two counts of robbery 2 and two counts of theft by unlawful taking. 3 After further deliberations that same jury rendered three separate verdicts of death for the three first degree murder convictions. 4 Post trial motions were denied and the judgement of sentence was entered on March 25, 1988. Two consecutive sentences of ten to twenty years were imposed on the robbery convictions. The theft convictions were merged with the robbery convictions. Appellant directly…