Title: Comm. v. Robinson (Concurring Opinion)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 174 CAPITAL APPEAL DOCKET
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 25, 1998

[J-102-1998] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. ANTYANE ROBINSON, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 174 Capital Appeal Docket Appeal from the judgment of sentence entered April 1, 1997 in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, at No. 1183 Criminal Term 1996 ARGUED: APRIL 28, 1998 CONCURRING OPINION MR. JUSTICE NIGRO DECIDED: November 24, 1998 I join in Mr. Justice Zappala’s concurring opinion for the reasons more fully explained in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. Clark, 710 A.2d 31, 43-44 (Pa. 1998) (Nigro, J., concurring). As I noted in Clark, I believe that a standard Simmons instruction should be given in all capital cases and should also include, in addition to the information recommended by Justice Zappala in footnote one of his concurring opinion, statistical information relating to the percentage of life sentences which have been commuted within the last several years.