Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DeJesus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2001No. 282 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
This is a direct review of a sentence of death imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
The Appellant, Jose DeJesus, was arrested and taken into custody on September 23, 1997 for other crimes. On October 30, 1997, Appellant was arrested and gave a statement to the police in this case. Appellant was charged with two counts of murder,2 two counts of aggravated assault,3 possession of an instrument of crime,4 criminal conspiracy,5 and reckless endangerment of another person.6 Appellant’s…
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