Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Howard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 8, 1994PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
The Appellant, Melvin Howard, was convicted of first degree murder1 and possession of an instrument of crime2 in connection with the stabbing death of Clarence Woodlock and was sentenced to death.3 This is an automatic direct appeal from that sentence.4 For the reasons we discuss below we affirm the judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division.
In all cases where we affirm the judgment of sentence of death, this Court must conduct an independent review of the sufficiency of the evidence on the charge of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Carter v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by141 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. ReavesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. FultonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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