Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 1987No. 43 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
The appellant, John A. Nelson, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and of possession of an instrument of crime. Following further deliberation, the jury decided that imposition of the death sentence was appropriate, having found the aggravating circumstance of torture. After denying the appellant’s post-trial motions, the trial court formally imposed the judgment of sentence of death for the murder; and also sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of from one to two years for the companion crime. There followed this direct appeal to this Court…
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