Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blystone
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 17, 1988No. 37 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1986PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
A jury found the appellant, Scott Wayne Blystone, guilty of murder of the first degree, 1 robbery, 2 criminal conspiracy to commit homicide, 3 and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. 4 After further deliberation that same jury set the penalty for the murder conviction at death. 5 The appellant was also sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment for the robbery conviction. 6 He directly appeals these judgments of sentence. 7
It is the practice of this Court in cases in which the death penalty has been imposed to review the sufficiency of the evidence supporting…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by173 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Blystone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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