Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tedford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1989No. 43 W.D. Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On February 6, 1987, the appellant, Donald Mitchell Ted-ford, was convicted by a jury of the First Degree Murder and Rape of Jeanine Revak. Following the guilty verdicts, a separate sentencing hearing was held pursuant to the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 9711 and the jury unanimously returned a sentence of death. The appellant did not file timely post trial motions. On March 20, 1987, the lower court sentenced the appellant to death on the First Degree Murder conviction, and a consecutive term of imprisonment of 8V2 to 17 years on the Rape conviction.
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2Cases cited29 opinions
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- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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