Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1987No. 35 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*444OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
On January 15, 1985, the bodies of Sara and Boykin Gibson, an elderly couple in their 80’s, were discovered in their Pittsburgh home. The Gibsons were found seated in chairs facing together, separated by a distance of approximately seven feet, their arms bound to the chairs with clothesline. Their throats had been slashed, and they had been stabbed. The house was ransacked. The Appellant, Christopher Caldwell, was charged with two counts each of homicide and robbery, and one count of burglary and of conspiracy. After the selection of a jury, the Appellant plead guilty…
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