Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Holcomb
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 4, 1985No. 41, Western District Appeal Docket, 1983PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*433OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from a death penalty imposed by Beaver County Common Pleas on a conviction for first-degree murder.1 Additional sentences of imprisonment for convictions of rape,2 kidnapping,3 theft4 and indecent assault5 arising out of the same occurrence are also before us. The jury returned the death penalty for the first-degree murder conviction after the separate sentencing hearing required by our capital punishment act. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(a).
Appellant raises expressly on this appeal:(1) Whether his Miranda rights…
2Cases cited84 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by109 opinions
- Blystone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. HairstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
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