Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Malloy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 1, 2004No. 311 CAPPublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
On March 23, 2000, a jury sitting before the Honorable John S. Kennedy of the Court of Common Pleas of York County convicted appellant of kidnapping, 1 conspiracy to commit murder 2 and murder in the first degree 3 in connection .with the shooting death of Arthur Irick. At the penalty hearing, the jury found a single aggravating circumstance—that the murder had been committed during the perpetration of a felony, kidnapping 4 —but no mitigating circumstances; 5 accordingly, the jury imposed a sentence of death. 6 On May 22, 2000, the trial court formally imposed the…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by167 opinions
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