Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Miles

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 31, 1996PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

Kenyatta Miles (Miles) directly appeals from the judgment of sentence imposing the death penalty entered on October 23, 1993 by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court). We affirm the verdict and the sentence of death.

I. FACTS

The evidence at trial established that on March 17, 1990, Allan Gore and Christopher Demby, both fifteen years old, were shopping for new sneakers on the corner of Fifty-Second and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Leroy Thompson, an unlicensed cab driver, testified that he drove eighteen-year old Kenyatta Miles, Andre Kinard…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Commonwealth v. CousarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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