Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 20, 2002No. 253 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*190 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NEWMAN, Justice.
Timothy Rice (Appellant) appeals from the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that sentenced him to death following two convictions for first-degree murder. After reviewing the claims raised by Appellant, we affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
As part of our independent review of the record, we summarize the evidence presented at trial as follows. On September 1, 1996, Labor Day, a group of family members gathered at Jay’s Big Shot Bar, which is located on the corner of Narragansett Street and…
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- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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