Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jacoby, T., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 2017No. 709 CAPPublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE WECHT1
On October 9, 2014, Timothy Matthew Jacoby was sentenced to death after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder, burglary, tampering with physical evidence, and robbery.2 In this automatic direct appeal, we affirm the convictions and the death sentence.
I. Background
On- March 31, 2010, at 2:52.p.m., the York County 911 call center received a call that originated from Monica Schmeyer’s residence on Troné Road in York, Pennsylvania. When the police arrived, they found Monica Schmeyer dead on her living room floor. Blood droplets and stains surrounded her body. The…
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3Cited by140 opinions
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