Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chmiel
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 5, 2001PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, J.:
¶ 1 David Chmiel appeals from the May 22, 2000, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, which denied his motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. We affirm. 1
¶ 2 Chmiel was charged with stabbing to death three elderly siblings, Angelina, Victor, and James Lunario, while robbing their home in Throop, Lackawanna County, in the early morning hours of September 21, 1983. After a jury trial in 1984, Appellant was convicted of three counts of murder in the first degree, three counts of robbery, one count of burglary and two counts of theft by unlawful taking. The…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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