Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Walter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 20, 2015PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*258 OPINION
Justice TODD.
In this direct appeal nunc pro tunc, Appellant Shonda Walter challenges the May 26, 2006 judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County after a jury convicted her of first-degree murder and theft by unlawful taking.1 For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On March 29, 2003, Rhoda Powers called the Lock Haven Police Department and reported to Officer Thomas Winter that she had not seen or heard from her brother, 83-year-old Lock Haven resident James Sementelli, in several days, and that she was concerned…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Cash, O., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Commonwealth v. HutchisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Com. v. Williams, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
- Com. v. Williams, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
- Commonwealth v. Cash, O., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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