Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Christy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1986No. 56 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
Lawrence Christy was found guilty by a jury of murder of the first degree for the killing of James Volk. A sentencing hearing was held as required by 42 Pa.C.S. § 97111 and the jury determined that Lawrence Christy be sentenced to death.
The case is now before us on automatic appeal pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(1).2
The facts of the case are as follows: According to Appellant’s own testimony, in the early morning hours of June 16, 1980, he left a friend’s house and decided that he was going to rob the Italian Men’s Society Club in Gallitzan, Cambria…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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