Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stoyko
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 17, 1984No. 42 and 43PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN,* Justice.
On August 14, 1980, appellant, Richard Stoyko, was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal homicide for the shooting deaths of Shelby Jean Storm and Joseph Glad. These counts were consolidated for trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County and, on February 9, 1981, a jury found appellant guilty of two counts of murder of the first degree. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(a).
Pursuant to the bifurcated procedures mandated by the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711, a separate sentencing hearing was immediately conducted at which the same jury…
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3Cited by128 opinions
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