Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Miller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 20, 1999No. 204 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant, Dennis L. Miller (“Miller”), appeals from the sentence of death imposed following his convictions for murder in the first degree, rape, indecent assault, recklessly endangering another person, possession of instruments of crime, and flight to avoid apprehension. The convictions stemmed from the killing of Miller’s wife. We affirm.

Miller resided with his wife, Sherry, and their two children, Barbara and Dennis, who at the time were twelve and four, at 301 Church Alley, Londongrove Township, Chester County. Miller’s marital relationship was, however, strained…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. BegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. GalvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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