Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Champney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 2003No. 304 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 412 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JUSTICE CASTILLE.
Before this Court is appellant’s direct appeal from the sentence of death imposed by a jury on October 26, 1999. Because we find no merit to the issues appellant raises, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
Appellant was arrested on October 8, 1998 and charged with first degree murder, 1 aggravated assault, 2 burglary, 3 criminal trespass, 4 theft by unlawful taking, 5 receiving stolen property 6 and possessing instruments of crime. 7 On October 25, 1999, a jury convicted Champney of all charges. The following day, the same jury, having found two aggravating…
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