Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. King
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 1998No. 105 and 106 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
These are consolidated direct appeals from death sentences imposed after a jury found co-defendants, Carolyn King and Bradley Martin, guilty of first-degree murder and related offenses. We affirm.
On September 15, 1993, Martin, who was serving a sentence at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility as the result of a parole violation, obtained a two-hour visitation pass and left the prison. He met King, with whom he was romantically involved, and failed to return to prison as required. Instead, the two traveled to Palmyra, Pennsylvania, where they called upon Guy Goodman,…
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