Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 5, 1993No. 156 Eastern District Appeal Docket 1991PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTEMURO, Justice.
This is a direct appeal after remand from the judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County following a resentencing hearing.
On July 10, 1987 a jury convicted Joseph Louis Young of two counts of murder in the first degree for the stabbing deaths of Dr. Ismail al Faruqui and his wife, Lois al Faruqui, in their Wyncote home. 1 A separate sentencing hearing was held and the jury returned a verdict of death on each of the two murder convictions. After denial of post-trial motions and formal sentencing, Young filed a timely appeal…
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3Cited by92 opinions
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