Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 21, 1992No. 70 Eastern District Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS *, Justice.
Appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Following a separate sentencing proceeding pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711, he was sentenced to death. We find no error in the proceeding and affirm the judgment of sentence.
The critical facts and procedural history indicate that in September, 1982, three actors, James Lambert, Bruce Reese and Bernard Jackson, agreed to rob Prince’s Lounge in Philadelphia. As later testimony established, Reese and Jackson earlier had combined forces to undertake previous bar robberies, while Lambert was a newcomer…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. RaineySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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