Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*230 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Following a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, appellant, Brian Smith, was found guilty on September 17, 1991 of murder of the first degree of a five-month-old boy. A sentencing hearing took place after which the jury returned a verdict of death.1 The court imposed the death sentence. The present direct appeal ensued.
This court is required in capital cases to review the sufficiency of the evidence. Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer, 500 Pa. 16, 26 n. 3, 454 A.2d 937, 942 n. 3 (1982), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 970,…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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