Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/21/2005

Commonwealth v. Taylor

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876 A.2d 916
583 Pa. 170
2005 Pa. LEXIS 1321

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observing that, apart from felony murder, any murder committed without specific intent constitutes third-degree murder
observing that the distinguishing feature of first-degree murder is that the perpetrator acted with a specific intent to kill
holding that \[t]he fact that [the defendant's] defense expert testified that [the defendant] was psychotic and suffered from varying degrees of mental illness does not ineluctably suggest that he lacked the capacity to form a specific intent to kill\
explaining that a successful diminished capacity defense can reduce a murder conviction from first to third degree
holding that “[i]t is settled that a trial court should not instruct the jury on legal principles which have no application to the facts presented at trial. Rather, there must be some relationship between the evidence presented and the law upon which an instruction is requested.”
upholding the Section 9711(d)(11) aggravator for each of three first degree murder convictions where the defendant fatally shot three people at an apartment complex, a Burger King restaurant, and a nearby McDonald’s restaurant

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Messrs

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