Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 6, 2003No. 334 CAPPublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed on December 13, 1996, by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
In December of 1994, Appellant was charged by information with three counts of criminal homicide for the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her two minor children in Pittsburgh. 1 On August 3, 1995, Appellant was arrested in New York City and returned to Pennsylvania. Pursuant to Rule of Criminal Procedure 352, the Commonwealth filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty, and Appellant filed a motion to bar its imposition, as well…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BriggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. CousarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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