Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Peterkin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 25, 1986No. 108 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1982PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
The appellant, Otis Peterkin, was convicted by a jury of robbery,1 possession of an instrument of crime-generally,2 and two counts of murder in the first degree3 for the *306shooting deaths of two persons. These crimes were committed in the course of a robbery of a service station in Philadelphia. Following the jury’s rendition of the verdicts of guilt, a sentencing hearing was conducted in accordance with Section 9711 of the Sentencing Code,4 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711, resulting in a determination by the jury that the appellant should be sentenced to death. Post-verdict motions…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by208 opinions
- Blystone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
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