Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Faulkner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 16, 1991No. 89 E.D. Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an automatic direct appeal 1 from two sentences of death imposed upon appellant by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County following his conviction of two counts of first degree murder, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts of attempted murder, criminal intent and possession of instruments of crime. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of sentence of death.
Following a trial by jury, Arthur Faulkner was found guilty of the above listed crimes. A separate penalty hearing was held to determine whether the death…
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