Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Solano

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 27, 2006No. 433 CAPPublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death imposed upon Appellant, Raymond Solano, following his conviction for first-degree murder. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

On May 28, 2003, a jury convicted Appellant of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Armondo Rodriguez. 2 Following the penalty hearing, the jury returned a sentence of death, finding one aggravating factor, causing a grave risk of death to persons in addition to the victim, 3 which outweighed the one mitigating factor listed by the jury as…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Commonwealth v. PruittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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