Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 8, 1994PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTEMURO, Justice.
Appellant Darryl Carter was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder in the first degree for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment and a sentence of death respectively. This direct appeal followed pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711(h) and Pa.R.A.P.1941.
Although appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, in all capital cases we are required to determine whether the quantity of evidence presented was sufficient to sustain the conviction. Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer, 500 Pa. 16, 26 n. 3, 454 A.2d 937, 942 (1982), cert. denied, 461 U.S.…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by129 opinions
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