Commonwealth v. Dobrolenski
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Marilyn Dobrolenski was charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Ronald Carey and David Yarrington. As to each count, she pleaded guilty to murder generally and, after a degree of guilt hearing, was convicted of murder in the first degree. Sentence was initially fixed at death, but the trial court vacated this sentence in light of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), and imposed two consecutive life sentences. These direct appeals followed. 1
Dobrolenski contends that (1) her plea of…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Commonwealth v. LopinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- State v. KaheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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