Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1988No. 77 E.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On February 6, 1985, a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County found appellant, James Melvin (a.k.a. “Mailbox”) Smith, guilty of murder of the first degree, criminal conspiracy and possession of an instrument of crime. These charges stemmed from the shooting death of Davis Kelly on North Twenty-first Street in Philadelphia on June 23, 1979. The following day, February 7, 1985, the *20same jury sentenced appellant to death in a separate sentencing proceeding conducted pursuant to the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711. Post-verdict motions…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by125 opinions
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