Commonwealth v. Howard

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1998-10-01

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OPINION SAYLOR, Justice. In this capital case, Appellant, Melvin Howard, appeals from an order denying post-conviction relief in the form of a new penalty phase hearing. On September 27, 1987, during an altercation involving several men, Howard killed Clarence Woodlock by stabbing him with a knife sixteen times, firs…

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