Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Superior Court - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ROBERT MORRIS, SR.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ROBERT MORRIS, SR.
No. 1018 EDA 2006 2008 PA Super 235 Atlantic: 958 A.2d 569 Filed: 10/1/2008

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence March, 6, 2006
in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,
CRIMINAL DIVISION, No. 0405-0293 1/1
Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., MUSMANNO, LALLY-GREEN, BENDER, BOWES, PANELLA, DONOHUE, SHOGAN, ALLEN, JJ.
Opinion by: MUSMANNO, J.
Robert Morris, Sr., (“Morris”) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his convictions of two counts of murder of the third degree. See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(c). We granted en banc review in order to determine whether Morris could be sentenced to a mandatory term of life in prison pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. section 9715 where the trial court convicted Morris of two separate murders at the same trial and subsequently sentenced him on the same date for both counts. We affirm

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