Court Opinion

ID: 9758519
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:34:19.93851+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:52.529280
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NIX, Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
Although the trial in this case occurred after Commonwealth v. Jones, 457 Pa. 563, 319 A.2d 142, cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1000, 95 S.Ct. 316, 42 L.Ed.2d 274 (1974), it also occurred after the enactment of the 1972 Crimes Code. Although we recognized the “mercy dispensing” power of the jury under the 1939 Crimes Code, in my judgment this power does not exist under the 1972 Crimes Code. Therefore, I would affirm both judgments. See my dissent in Commonwealth v. Garcia, 474 Pa. 449, 378 A.2d 1199 (1977).