Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Terry
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 17, 1987No. 179 Eastern District Appeal Docket, 1984PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
For the second time,1 Benjamin Terry appeals as of right directly from Montgomery County Common Pleas a jury-imposed sentence of death2 along with convictions of assault by a life prisoner,3 aggravated assault,4 and recklessly endangering another person.5
Appellant asks us to consider an unforeseen and unfortunate apparent conflict between a recent double jeopardy *389decision of this Court in homicide cases generally, Commonwealth v. Beck, 502 Pa. 78, 464 A.2d 316 (1983),6 and a decision of the United States Supreme Court requiring the presentation of…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by99 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Zettlemoyer v. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. BaumhammersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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