Dennis Miller
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Date of birth
- February 2, 1963
- Age at first offence
- 32
- Characteristics
- parricide, rape
- Victim profile
- His wife, Sherry Miller
- Method of murder
- Stabbing with knife
- Date(s) of murder
- November 18, 1995
- Years active
- 1995
- Date of arrest
- May 1996
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on October 27, 1997
Name
Dennis "Chubb'' Miller
Background
Miller served jail time in 1995 for holding a gun to his wife's head. While he was in jail, his cell mate, Michael D. Torres, testified during the trial, and Miller told Torres that he planned to kill his wife. Sherry Miller wrote a letter asking a judge to parole him early. Miller was released in September 1995.
The offence
Two months after Miller was released, his wife was found murdered. Miller was later convicted of first-degree murder, rape, and related charges after a non-jury trial that ended Oct. 1.
According to an account Miller gave to a clinical psychologist, the couple returned to their Chatham home from a tavern about 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. He had about 12 beers that day, and he and Sherry Miller had taken methamphetamines. His wife said she wanted him to move out the next day because her boyfriend was moving in. He went into a rage and "everything went black,'' until he found himself sitting on top of his wife, who appeared to be dead.
Investigation
Miller was featured on America’s Most Wanted. He spent five months on the run before he was arrested in Florida in May 1996.
Arrest
Miller was arrested in Florida in May 1996.
Trial
Miller was convicted of first-degree murder, rape, and related charges after a non-jury trial that ended Oct. 1.
Sentencing
Miller was formally sentenced to die for the rape and murder of his wife, Sherry, in 1995. When he was formally sentenced, he showed no emotion.
Chester County Court Judge Howard F. Riley Jr. imposed the sentence and said he was troubled that Miller showed a lack of remorse for the killing. In a letter Miller wrote to the court, he placed the responsibility for the murder on his wife, Riley said.
Riley announced that Miller would get the death penalty, but he held off on the formal sentence so appeal periods from other related charges would run together.
Appeals
Miller’s lawyer had 30 days to appeal the sentence. There were still appeals pending, and this execution was not likely to take place on this date.
Other details
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania opinion J-248-98 mentioned Dennis "Chubb'' Miller in connection with his sentencing.
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