Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Means
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 25, 2001No. 91PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County declaring portions of the Pennsylvania death penalty statute at 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(a)(2) and (c)(2) unconstitutional.1 The trial court invalidated the subsections at issue, finding they failed to establish sufficient procedural safeguards regarding the introduction of victim impact testimony during the penalty phase of a capital case. For the reasons that follow we reverse the decision of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.
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