Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/26/1985

Commonwealth v. Pursell

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495 A.2d 183
508 Pa. 212
1985 Pa. LEXIS 393

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conducting proportionality review by comparison with other first-degree-murder cases in which evidence could support an aggravating circumstance
conducting proportionality review by comparison with other first-degree-murder cases in which evidence could support an aggravating circumstance
six month “cooling off” period from last prejudicial publicity and trial sufficient to dissipate any prejudice engendered by such publicity
proportionality review includes all other first degree murder cases in which evidence could support an aggravating circumstance
“[s]ince the victim was assaulted with a rock [that the defendant] carried two hundred feet from its natural resting place, the jury could conclude that the killing was premeditated”
“[s]ince the victim was assaulted with a rock [that the defendant] carried two hundred feet from its natural resting place, the jury could conclude that the killing was premeditated”

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos

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