Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baumhammers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 2008No. 513 CAPPublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
This is a capital direct appeal from judgments of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on May 12 and September 6, 2001. Because we conclude that the issues raised by Appellant are without merit, we affirm the judgments of sentence.
On April 28, 2000, during a crime spree lasting approximately two hours, Appellant, Richard Baumhammers, shot and killed Anita Gordon, Anil Thakur, Ji-Ye Sun, Thao Pak Pham, and Garry Lee. He also seriously wounded Sandip Patel, pointed his loaded pistol at George Thomas II, set fire to Mrs. Gordon’s house by…
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