Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 18, 2004No. 391 CAPPublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NEWMAN.
Lester Fletcher (Appellant) brings this direct appeal1 from the Judgment of Sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which sentenced him to death following two convictions for first-degree murder.2 After reviewing the claims raised by Appellant, we affirm the convictions and sentences of death.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
As part of our independent review of the record, we summarize the evidence presented at trial. On the evening of Friday, February 23, 2001, Appellant, and his friend, Bernard Mathis (Mathis), drove to the…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by106 opinions
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