Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/28/1981

Commonwealth v. Story

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440 A.2d 488
497 Pa. 273
1981 Pa. LEXIS 1145

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holding that retroactive application of a criminal sentencing statute years after the crime was committed was impermissible under Pennsylvania law
imposing a sentence of life imprisonment when a statute mandating imposition of the death penalty in certain circumstances was found unconstitutional
“Because appellant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death under an unconstitutional statute, he must be treated the same as all those persons whose death penalties have been set aside.”
on equal protection and due process grounds
on equal protection and due process grounds
joined by Flaherty and Kauffman, JJ.

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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Wilkinson

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