Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tilley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 1991No. 165 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an automatic direct appeal 1 from a sentence of death imposed upon appellant, William B. Tilley by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, following his conviction of murder in the first degree. We affirm the judgment of sentence of death.
A jury found Tilley guilty of murder in the first degree, 2 robbery, 3 burglary, 4 and possession of an instrument of crime. 5 A separate penalty hearing was held regarding the murder conviction. The jury found one aggravating circumstance and no mitigating circumstances, and fixed Tilley’s penalty thereon at…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by138 opinions
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