Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1989No. 117 E.D. Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*429OPINION OF THE COURT
STOUT, Justice.
This direct appeal1 arises from the conviction and death sentence of Kevin Hughes (Appellant) for murder of the first degree, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and arson endangering persons.2 Appellant, who was sixteen years, eleven months, and twenty-four days old at the time of the crimes, was arrested on January 12, 1980, for the March 1, 1979 killing of nine-year-old Rochelle Graham. After pre-trial motions were denied on February 13, 1981, Appellant was tried by a jury before the Honorable Robert Latrone of the Court of Common Pleas of…
2Cases cited103 opinions
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3Cited by196 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RaineySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. EichingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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