Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kindler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 9, 1994No. 155 Eastern District Appeal Docket 1991PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
On November 15, 1983, Joseph Kindler (Appellant) was convicted by a jury before the Honorable John A. Geisz of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County of murder of the first degree, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy. As required by the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711, a sentencing hearing was held, and the same jury determined that two aggravating circumstances existed, ie., that the victim (22 year old David Bernstein) was a prosecution witness to a felony committed by the defendant and that the victim was killed for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Molinaro v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ortega-Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DeemerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. JudgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- In the Interest of J.J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Kindler v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
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