Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 2006No. 449 CAPPublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
Appellant appeals from the judgment of sentence imposing a penalty of death for each of three first-degree murder convictions, and lesser sentences for the second-degree murder of an unborn child and other offenses. Because we find no merit to the issues raised by appellant, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
On the morning of April 14, 2002, the North Union Volunteer Fire Department and the Pennsylvania State Police responded to a fire in a double-wide mobile home in North Union Township, Fayette County. Corporal Andre Stevens of the Pennsylvania State Police happened…
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