Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McKenna
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 26, 1978No. 129 and 130PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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POMEROY, Justice.
Appellant, Gerard Paul McKenna, was convicted on December 9, 1974 by a jury of murder of the first degree, and rape. A sentencing proceeding was then conducted1 and after being charged on the penalty, the jury fixed the penalty at death. Timely post-trial motions were filed and in due course denied. On October 16, 1975 appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 10-20 years on the rape charge and to death on the murder conviction. This appeal followed.2
McKenna alleges some nine trial errors, any one of which, he argues, requires the grant of a…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by161 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. PittsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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