Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 27, 1996No. 57 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
On October 4, 1989, a jury convened in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County convicted Appellant, Harold C. Wilson, of three counts of first degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2501; and possession of an instrument of a crime, 18 Pa.C.S. § 907. Following the jury’s pronouncement of its verdict of guilt, a sentencing hearing was conducted in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711. The jury found that there was one aggravating circumstance, a murder committed before or at the same time as another murder, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d)(11), and no mitigating circumstances, thereby…
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