Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gribble
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1997No. 72 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
After a joint, nonjury trial, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) convicted Appellant, William R. Gribble (Gribble), and his co-defendant, Kelley O’Donnell (O’Donnell), of first degree murder 1 for the death of Eleftherios Eleftheriou (Eleftheriou). The trial court also convicted Gribble of criminal conspiracy, 2 possessing instruments of crime, 3 robbery, 4 theft by unlawful taking, 5 unauthorized use of automobiles, 6 arson, 7 risking a catastrophe, 8 forgery, 9 abuse of a corpse 10 and credit card fraud. 11 Following the penalty phase, the…
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