Comm. v. Bridges (Majority Opinion)

State: Pennsylvania

Docket No: 224 CAPITAL APPEAL

Case Date: 08/25/2000

Plaintiff: Comm.

Defendant: Bridges (Majority Opinion)

Preview:[J-235-99] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : : Appellee : : : v. : : : SHAWNFATEE MICHAEL BRIDGES, : : Appellant : : : : :

No. 0224 Capital Appeal Docket Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence entered on February 23, 1998 in the Court of Common Pleas, Berks County, Criminal Division at No. 117-97.

ARGUED: November 15, 1999

OPINION

MADAME JUSTICE NEWMAN

DECIDED: August 24, 2000

Shawnfatee Michael Bridges (Appellant) files this appeal from the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County that sentenced him to death following two convictions for first-degree murder. After reviewing the record sent to this Court, and the claims raised by Appellant, we affirm the sentences of death. This Court directly reviews all cases in which the death penalty has been imposed. See: 42 Pa.C.S.

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