Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 1986No. 90 E.D. Appeal Docket, 1985PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
On November 22, 1983, in a trial by jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, the appellant, Clifford *347Smith, was found guilty of murder of the first degree. A separate sentencing hearing was then held, as required by 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711, and appellant was sentenced to death. The instant direct appeal ensued.
The incident from which the conviction arose was one in which appellant committed armed robbery at a pharmacy, and, in the course of doing so, shot and killed the pharmacist. The facts and supporting testimony consisted of the following.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. DeHartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Clifford Smith v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections James Price, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Greene, and Joseph P. Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Rockview Clifford Smith v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections James Price, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Greene, and Joseph P. Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at RockviewCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. SaranchakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Dudley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
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