Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reid
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 30, 2002No. 280 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Justice NIGRO.
On October 9, 1998, a jury found Appellant Albert E. Reid guilty of one count of burglary1 and two counts of first-degree murder2 for killing his estranged wife, Carla Reid, and her fourteen-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Deidra Moore. After a penalty hearing, the jury found that the evidence supported three aggravating circumstances and one mitigating circumstance with regard to Appellant’s first-degree murder conviction for the death of Carla Reid and three aggravating circumstances and one mitigating circumstance with regard to Appellant’s…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by144 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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