Commonwealth v. King

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1998-12-02

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FLAHERTY, Chief Justice, concurring. While I join Mr. Justice Saylor’s majority opinion, I write separately to clarify my position on defining “life imprisonment” in capital cases. In terms of appellant’s argument that he was entitled to an instruction on the meaning of “life imprisonment,” I agree with Mr. Justice Saylor’s disposition of the issue since it is consistent with precedent. I…

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