Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dague

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 9, 1930No. Appeal, 3PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

The appellant, Glenn Dague, was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced to death. It is not necessary to detail the circumstances of the crime, they have been set forth in Com. v. Schroeder, 302 Pa. 1.

Appellant brings to our attention one question. When Sheriff Wright, a witness called by the Commonwealth in rebuttal, was on the stand, he was asked by the prosecuting attorney, whether, as a part of an oral confession made by appellant to the witness, he stated anything on the subject of other stores, which he had robbed, prior to the one in Butler…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Commonwealth v. FloodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Commonwealth v. WestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  4. Commonwealth v. MellorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Commonwealth v. SchroederSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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