Commonwealth v. Wright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
This is a direct appeal from a death sentence imposed following appellant’s conviction of first degree murder, simple assault, aggravated assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, burglary, and criminal trespass.1 At the penalty phase, the jury found two aggravating circumstances and one mitigating circumstance.2 The jury found the aggravating circumstances outweighed the mitigating circumstance and imposed a death sentence for appellant’s first degree murder conviction. Appellant filed post-sentence motions, *286which were denied. This appeal followed.3…
2Cases cited98 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by272 opinions
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