Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Davis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 1976No. J-445PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Curtis Wilbur Davis was arrested in December 1968 and charged with murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and robbery. On September 25, 1969, appellant was found guilty, after a jury trial, of murder in the first degree, voluntary manslaughter and two counts of robbery. On appeal, this Court reversed the judgments of sentence and granted a new trial because of prejudicial remarks made by the district attorney during the trial. Commonwealth v. Davis, 452 Pa. 171, 305 A.2d 715 (1973). On remand, appellant was retried before a jury and found…
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