Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Veltre

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 3, 1980No. 80-1-15PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

The Court being equally divided, the order is affirmed.

LARSEN, J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance in which FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ., joins. ROBERTS, J., filed an opinion in support of reversal joined by O’BRIEN, C. J. NIX, J., filed an opinion in support of reversal.

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

LARSEN, Justice.

On September 17, 1973, appellant John Veltre entered pleas of guilty to four indictments charging two counts of murder, rape, and assault with intent to kill. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment on the indictments charging murder, a…

3Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. The AntelopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
  3. Lewis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. McCutchenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. State in Interest of DinoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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4Cited by20 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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