Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 1995PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
Harrison Graham was tried non-jury and found guilty on seven counts of first degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502, and seven counts of abuse of corpse, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5510. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 722(4) and 9711(h), this is an automatic direct appeal of judgments of sentence of death, which were imposed for six of the murder convictions.
The initial issue to be resolved is whether the Court need address any substantive matters in light of the fact that Graham has expressed his desire that no appeal be litigated. Indeed, he has filed a Petition to Dismiss the appeal.
Graham…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- State v. CombsOhio Supreme Court · 1991
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