Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Aulisio

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1987No. 105 E.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On May 27, 1982, in a trial by jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, the appellant, Joseph G. Aulisio, was found guilty of two counts of murder of the first degree and two counts of kidnapping. A separate sentencing hearing was held, as required by 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711, and appellant was sentenced to death in connection with the two murder convictions. With respect to each of the two kidnapping convictions, a sentence of seven and one-half years to fifteen years imprisonment was imposed, such sentences to be served consecutively. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. SwerdlowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Ronald Rompilla v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Martin Horn, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004

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