Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cross
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 14, 1985No. 64 W. D. Appeal Docket 1982PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
Charles Eugene Cross was found guilty by a jury of murder of the first degree for the killings of Denise Lucic and her two children, Danielle Lucic, aged seven (7) years and John Lucic, Jr., aged three (3) years. After the jury rendered the verdicts of guilty, the required sentencing hearing was conducted on March 3, 1982.1 At the sentenc*327ing hearing, the Commonwealth presented evidence seeking to establish two of the aggravating circumstances listed in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d). These were that the defendant had a significant history of felony convictions…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Zettlemoyer v. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BaumhammersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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