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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Daniel
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 24, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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Appellant pled guilty generally to two separate murders. Following a degree of guilt hearing, the trial court found appellant guilty of first degree murder in both charges. Following a non-jury trial on the other charges filed against appellant, appellant was convicted of burglary, robbery and conspiracy. At the penalty hearing, a jury was empaneled and it determined that two aggravating circumstances existed on each count of murder beyond a reasonable doubt: that the murders were committed during the perpetration of a felony (robbery) and that appellant had been convicted of another murder, committed either before or at the time of the offenses at issue. No mitigating circumstances were found. As required by statute in such circumstances, the jury set the penalty at death. See, Commonwealth v. Basemore, 525 Pa. 512, 582 A.2d 861 (1988)(the jury found one aggravating circumstance and no mitigating circumstances and thus, was required to impose the death sentence). On September 15, 1994, the court imposed the jurys sentence of death for both first degree murder convictions and further sentenced appellant to serve consecutively the maximum allowable prison sentences on the three remaining felonies. This direct appeal followed.