Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2002No. 362 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Chief Justice ZAPPALA.
The present appeal challenges- the denial of relief pursuant to Appellant’s PCRA1 petition.
*109In 1980, Appellant, Robert Fisher, murdered his girlfriend, Linda Rowden, because she gave statements to the police implicating Fisher in the drug-related killing of Nigel Anderson. Appellant shot Rowden in public, in front of eyewitnesses, then drove to the apartment of a friend and told her he had shot Rowden because she was cooperating with the police in their investigation of Anderson’s murder. Appellant fled to New York where he was…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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3Cited by78 opinions
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