Commonwealth v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CASTILLE, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from a sentence of death 1 imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County. Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the first degree murder 2 and kidnapping 3 of Selina Franklin, and of the first degree murder 4 of Stephanie McDuffey. The jury found two aggravating circumstances 5 relating to each murder conviction which outweighed the six mitigating circumstances 6 and therefore returned two consecutive death sentences. Post-verdict motions were denied and the trial court imposed two death sentences for each of…
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2Cases cited46 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by109 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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