Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chmiel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 2005No. 428 CAPPublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*563 OPINION
Justice BAER.
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death 1 following the third conviction of David Chmiel (Appellant) for three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of robbery, and one count of burglary2 arising out of the murder of three victims, Angelina, James, and Victor Lunario, on September 21, 1983.3 We affirm.
The record reveals that at approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 21, 1983, Mary Drake, a day nurse hired to attend to James Lunario, found James, his sister, Angelina, and brother, Victor, murdered in the home the three shared in Throop,…
2Cases cited127 opinions
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- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by339 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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