Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gorby
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 1991No. 46 W.D. Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an automatic direct appeal 1 from a death sentence imposed upon appellant by the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County following his conviction of first degree murder. Consolidated with this direct appeal are two appeals transferred from the Superior Court which raise issues related to one of the issues raised in this direct appeal. 2 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of sentence and affirm the orders entered at No. 1027 of 1981.
Following a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree 3 and robbery 4 .…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Blystone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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