Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ogrod
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 2003No. 306 CAPPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NEWMAN.
Walter Ogrod (Appellant) appeals his convictions at his second trial for murder in the first degree,1 and attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse,2 as well as the imposition of the penalty of death by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) for the July 12, 1988 sexual assault and killing of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn (Barbara Jean).3 Our review of the conviction and sentence begins with a .brief discussion of the October 1993 first trial of Appellant and the circumstances pursuant to which the trial court declared a mistrial. We then…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Kuhlmann v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BriggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BoczkowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. PoplawskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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