Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hawkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 19, 2008No. 488 CAPPublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*88 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice EAKIN.
Appellant was convicted of first degree murder for the choking death of Andrea Thomas and sentenced to death. At appellant’s 1990 trial, a witness named Malcolm Tucker testified that when appellant was incarcerated pending trial, he admitted his guilt to Tucker; at the time, Tucker was in prison awaiting trial on sexual assault charges.
Appellant appealed his conviction, and this Court remanded for a new trial, determining the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed certain evidence to be introduced at trial. See…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. BreakironSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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3Cited by107 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. StokesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
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