Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ragan

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 29, 1994PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

This a direct appeal1 from a judgment of sentence imposing a penalty of death entered in the Court of Common Pleas of *12Philadelphia County following appellant’s convictions for murder of the first degree2, possessing instruments of crime generally3, and recklessly endangering another person.4 After a thorough review of the evidence in the instant case and the issues raised by appellant, we affirm his sentence of death.

This case arises from an incident which claimed the life of the victim, Darren Brown, on June 26,1990. At approximately 4:00 p.m. on that date the…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by98 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. TalbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. RaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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