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Commonwealth v. Chester

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1991No. 102, 103 E.D. Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 214 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*586OPINION

NIX, Chief Judge.

Appellants herein, Frank Chester and Richard Laird, were tried and found guilty of Murder in the First Degree 1 with the jury imposing the penalty of death for both defendants in connection with the death of Anthony Milano. After consideration of post-verdict motions, the court below sustained the convictions and the matter is now before this Court on direct appeal pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h).2

As in all death penalty cases, we must determine whether the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the Commonwealth together with all reasonable inferences…

2Cases cited76 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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3Cited by214 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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