Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1990No. 107 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1988PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. A jury returned a verdict of guilty of two counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted murder, burglary, criminal trespass and aggravated assault. In addition to the statutory review this Court is required to undertake, appellant raises 24 points of error for our consideration. For the following reasons we are constrained to remand this matter to the trial court for a resentencing hearing pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(4).
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2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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