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Commonwealth v. Cox

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 3, 1999PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*376 OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

In this direct appeal, Jermont Cox (Appellant) raises numerous allegations of trial court error and ineffectiveness of trial counsel following his conviction for the first degree murder of Terence Stewart. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Tim Walker (Walker), the head of a Philadelphia drug trafficking enterprise, ordered his lieutenant, Larry Lee (Lee), who worked for Walker, to have Roosevelt Watson (Watson) and Terence Stewart (Stewart) executed. Lee enlisted the Appellant to help him. Watson and Stewart had also worked in Walker’s drug business until they had…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Commonwealth v. SanchezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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