Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rolan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 18, 1988PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
We are presently required to review the conviction of murder of the first degree and the death sentence of Florencio Rolan pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(1).1 Appellant was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, robbery and possession of an instrument of crime, for the death of Paulino Santiago, who was shot to death in an abandoned house in the City of Philadelphia.
Appellant was tried in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, before a jury with the Honorable George J. Ivins, Senior Judge, presiding. On May 19, 1984, the jury returned…
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