Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 10, 1990No. 32 W.D. Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On March 31, 1987, a jury convicted appellant, Robert P. Bryant, of murder of the first degree and, in a separate sentencing hearing, the same jury sentenced appellant to death. Post trial motions were filed and denied. Appellant was formally sentenced and this direct appeal followed.
Although appellant does not allege that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict against him, this Court is required in capital cases to review the sufficiency of the evidence. Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer, 500 Pa. 16, 454 A.2d 937 (1982), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 970,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. Woodard, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Commonwealth v. SpenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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