Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Briggs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 2011No. 537 CAPPublishedCited by 309 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice TODD.
Dustin Briggs appeals from the sentence of death imposed on March 15, 2006 by the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas after a jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder,1 and one count of robbery.2 After careful review, for the reasons set forth herein, we affirm Appellant’s convictions of these offenses as well as his judgment of sentence.
We begin by reviewing the factual occurrences giving rise to Appellant’s convictions, as gleaned from the certified record in this matter. On the morning of Wednesday, March 31, 2004, Appellant was eating breakfast with…
2Cases cited81 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by309 opinions
- In the Interest of L.J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. DodgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. KoehlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. LyonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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