Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 1988No. 72 E.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 265 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On June 28,1985, a jury of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County found appellant, Robert (a/k/a “Sugar Bear”) Lark, guilty of murder of the first degree for the shooting death of Mr. Tae Bong Cho, possession of an instrument of crime, terroristic threats and kidnapping. The following day, that same jury sentenced appellant to death after a hearing conducted pursuant to the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711. Post trial motions were denied by the Honorable John A. Geisz, the presiding judge at trial, and on April 24, 1986, appellant was formally…
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