# Commonwealth v. Spotz

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 20, 2000 · 563 Pa. 269

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9696782

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Mark Newton SPOTZ, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 20, 2000
- **Citations:** 563 Pa. 269; 759 A.2d 1280; 2000 Pa. LEXIS 2584
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Flaherty
- **Judges:** Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor
- **Cited by:** 88 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice,
concurring.
A jury with the weighty responsibility of deciding whether one lives or is put to death certainly should be made aware of what is meant by life without parole in this commonwealth, thus, although I join the majority, I write once again to express my view that a Simmons type instruction should be given in all capital cases.

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