Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. D'Amato
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 1987No. 117 E.D. Appeal Docket, 1984PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
Joseph Carmen D’Amato, appellant, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree and sentenced by that jury to death. He now brings a direct appeal to this Court 1 challenging the determination by the suppression court that his confession was admissible at trial, asserting that he was denied a fair trial due to certain allegedly improper remarks by the prosecutor, and claiming that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the conviction and the judgment of sentence of death. The record discloses the following.
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2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by139 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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