Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Eichinger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 20, 2007No. 503 CAPPublishedCited by 228 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CAPPY.
This is a direct appeal from the imposition of three sentences of death 1 . On October 18, 2005 John Charles Eichinger waived his right to a jury and was tried in a stipulated bench trial for four counts of first-degree murder, 2 two counts of possession of an instrument of crime 3 and three counts of unsworn falsification to authorities 4 in relation to the murders of Jennifer Still, Heather Greaves, Lisa Greaves and Avery Johnson. He was convicted on all counts. A jury of his peers sentenced Eichinger to death. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of…
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