Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hood

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 2005PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal by Malik Hood from the judgment of sentence entered on November 4, 2002, by the Honorable James A. Lineberger of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Following a jury trial, Hood was convicted of first-degree murder1 and violating the Uniform Firearms Act.2 He was sentenced by Judge Lineberger to life in prison on the murder charge and one to two years consecutive sentences for each of two weapons violations. After an exhaustive review of the record, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

¶2 In his appeal, Hood presents three issues for our review:

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Coker v. SM Flickinger Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by71 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. StephensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. WhitakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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