Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Treiber

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 16, 2005No. 416 CAPPublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Stephen E. Treiber has filed a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death following his convictions for first degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a), arson endangering persons, id, § 3301(a), arson endangering property, id, § 3301(c), and recklessly endangering another person, id, § 2705. The convictions stem from a house fire in which appellant’s daughter was burned to death. We affirm.

On the night of March 9, 2001, after smelling and seeing smoke coming from appellant’s house, a neighbor, Kathleen Roemer, went to assist. At the time, appellant, his girlfriend…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Treiber, S., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Samuel-Bassett v. Kia Motors America, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. DiamondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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