Commonwealth v. Maxwell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1984-05-24

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*157 OPINION McDermott, justice. The appellant here appeals from a sentence of death. 1 If the facts alleged and resolved by the jury are legally predicated, they depict a “wickedness of disposition, a hardness of heart and recklessness of consequence,” that are the very name and nature of murder. With the announced intentio…

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