Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/6/1992

Commonwealth v. Stokes

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615 A.2d 704
532 Pa. 242
1992 Pa. LEXIS 470

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upholding a trial court's refusal to allow the appellant to testify at his penalty phase hearing that he did not murder the victims and indeed had an alibi for the time of the murders
upholding a trial court’s refusal to allow the appellant to testify at his penalty phase hearing that he did not murder the victims and indeed had an alibi for the time of the murders
iquoting Commonwealth v. Green, 487 Pa. 322, 409 A.2d 371, 373-74 (1979)
upholding a jury charge which provided that “A reasonable doubt is not merely an imagined or passing fancy that may come into the mind of a juror. It must be a doubt arising from the evidence that is substantial and well founded on reason and common sense.”
upholding a jury charge which provided that \A reasonable doubt is not merely an imagined or passing fancy that may come into the mind of a juror. It must be a doubt arising from the evidence that is substantial and well founded on reason and common sense.\
three consecutive death sentences followed by consecutive term of 17/6-35 years imprisonment

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

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