Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bricker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 21, 1990No. 111 W.D. Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
Robert Bricker was sentenced to death for his role in the conspiracy to murder Thomas Sacco. The sentence is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.1 Our disposition of this case is necessitated by the fact that the trial court committed two errors, either of which would require reversal. The trial court improperly refused appellant’s request that the jury be instructed to review Charles Kellington’s testimony as coming from a corrupt and polluted source, and further erred in allowing the plea agreements of Charles Kellington and Charles Rossi to be…
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