Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Koehler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 2, 1999PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
John Joseph Koehler (Appellant) has filed a direct appeal 1 from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County that sentenced him to death following two convictions for first-degree murder. 2 After a thorough review of the record sent to this Court, 3 and the claims raised by Appellant, we affirm the sentences of death.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Regina Clark (Regina) and her nine-year-old son, Austin Hopper (Austin), were killed on April 18, 1995, by William Curley (Curley), at the urging and insistence of Appellant as part of his training…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Blystone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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3Cited by101 opinions
- City of Erie v. Pap's A. M.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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- Commonwealth v. KoehlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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