Court Opinion

ID: 9693434
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:41:11.511664+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:46.440465
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*295NIGRO, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result for the reasons set forth in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. Clark, - Pa. -, 710 A.2d 31 (Pa. 1998), asserting that a jury charge pursuant to Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154, 114 S.Ct. 2187, 129 L.Ed.2d 133 (1994), should be mandated regardless of whether counsel raises the issue of a defendant’s potential future dangerousness during the penalty phase.