Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pagan

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 17, 2008No. 445 CAPPublishedCited by 192 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*76 OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.*

This is a direct appeal from the imposition of two sentences of death arising out of appellant’s two convictions for first degree murder (18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a)), and lesser sentences imposed for his convictions for two counts of robbery (18 Pa.C.S. § 3701), and single counts of criminal conspiracy (18 Pa.C.S. § 903), and possessing an instrument of crime (18 Pa.C.S. § 907). Because we find no merit to the issues appellant raises, we affirm the judgments of sentence.

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2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by192 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. TalbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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