Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Begley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 2001No. 182 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIGRO, Justice.
On July 18, 1996, a jury found Appellant James William Begley guilty of the kidnapping and first-degree murder of Erica Miller. Following a penalty phase hearing, the jury found one aggravating circumstance, that the murder was committed during the course of a felony (kidnapping), 1 and two mitigating circumstances, that Appellant had no significant history of prior convictions, 2 and that he acted under the influence of an extreme mental or emotional disturbance. 3 After weighing the aggravating circumstance against the two mitigating circumstances, the…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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3Cited by161 opinions
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