Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cash, O., Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 25, 2016No. 700 CAPPublishedCited by 148 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this direct capital appeal, Appellant Omar Sharif Cash challenges the November 15, 2013 judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime (“PIC”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On April 21, 2008, at approximately 3:30 p,m., Appellant shot and killed Muliek Brown at the Winning Edge Carwash, located on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. The shooting was caught on the carwash’s surveillance video, which…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. BriggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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3Cited by148 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Jacoby, T., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Commonwealth v. PackerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Commonwealth v. Le, Tam M., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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