Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Blount

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 24, 1994PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

We have before us an automatic direct appeal from the judgments of sentence of death and concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment imposed upon Appellant, John M. Blount, by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division.1 Sentence was. imposed following the jury’s verdict that Appellant had, beyond a reasonable doubt, committed two murders of the first degree, possessed an instrument of crime, and abused a corpse. On the record before us, we affirm the Appellant’s convictions, but vacate the judgments of sentence of death and…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by60 opinions

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  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. BondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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