Pennsylvania v. Johnson (majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Christopher Johnson appealed the sentence of death he received for first-degree murder and related charges in the 2010 shooting death of Officer David Grove. Grove was patrolling an area near Gettysburg National Military Park when he saw appellant's car stopped near the Battlefield. Grove was later discovered by a fellow officer, shot three times, including a fatal shot to the back of the neck. Appellant raised multiple issues on appeal to the Supreme Court, but finding no reversible error, and that the evidence sufficiently supported the sentence, the Supreme Court affirmed appellant's sentence of death.
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