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CASTILLE v. PEOPLES

No. 87-1602.

489 U.S. 346 (1989)

CASTILLE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, ET AL. v. PEOPLES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 22, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Elizabeth J. Chambers, William G. Chadwick, Jr., and Ronald D. Castille, pro se.

Robert E. Welsh, Jr., by appointment of the Court, 488 U.S. 810, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following a jury trial in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, respondent Michael Peoples, who had been arrested for robbing a man and then setting him on fire, was convicted of "arson-endangering persons," aggravated assault, and robbery. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Peoples, 319 Pa.Super. 621,...

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