Morganelli Ex Rel. Commonwealth v. Casey

CRAIG, President Judge.

These two cases present an important question of statutory interpretation with respect to carrying out sentences of death in criminal cases.

That question is:

When the judicial branch of the Commonwealth government, through the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, certifies to the Governor that the judicial responsibilities as to imposition and review of the death sentence have been completed, by transferring the full case record to the Governor, does the Governor, in accordance with his constitutional responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, then have…