Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 15, 1998No. 0108 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
Kenneth Brown (Brown) appeals a sentence of death imposed by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas following his conviction murder in the first degree, 1 rape, 2 and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (IDSI). 3 We vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new sentencing hearing.
FACTS
In August of 1993, Valerie Phillips (Phillips) and her two sons, eight-year-old Rahim and three-year-old Rafael, lived in a second floor apartment at 2238 Page Street in Philadelphia. Phillips’ boyfriend, Brown, had also been residing with them since early July of 1993. At…
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3Cited by83 opinions
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