Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pollard

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 9, 2003PublishedCited by 351 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHudock, J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after Appellant pled guilty to third-degree murder, criminal conspiracy and abuse of a corpse. 1 We affirm.

¶ 2 Appellant helped his brother to strangle and suffocate Victoria Reyes. After she died, they placed her body into a closet. The two later wrapped the victim’s naked body in a blanket and deposited it behind a nearby apartment building. On March 6, 2002, Appellant pled guilty to third-degree murder, criminal conspiracy and abuse of a corpse. Appellant was sentenced to twenty to forty years of incarceration for third-degree…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. McClendonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by351 opinions

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