Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jermyn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 1987No. 23 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1986PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
This is an automatic direct appeal1 from a sentence of death imposed upon appellant Fredric Jermyn by the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County following his conviction of first degree murder, arson and aggravated assault. For the reasons that follow, appellant’s convictions and judgments of sentence must be affirmed.
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Appellant was arrested on January 4, 1985, and charged with criminal homicide, arson and aggravated assault in connection with the death of his mother, Mrs. Mildred Jermyn, age eighty, at her home at 305 James Street, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by83 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Jermyn v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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