Commonwealth v. Ronello
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 239, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T., Huntingdon Co.? Sept. Sess., 1912, No. 9, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Ronello. Indictment for murder. Before Woods, P. J. The facts appear in Commonwealth v. Ronello, 242 Pa. 381, and in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 239, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T., Huntingdon Co.? Sept. Sess., 1912, No. 9, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Ronello. Indictment for murder. Before Woods, P. J. The facts appear in Commonwealth v. Ronello, 242 Pa. 381, and in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were the charge to the jury, instructions to the jury, the refusal of the court to grant a continuance and the sentence of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant has for a second time been convicted of the murder of one G-uisseppe Visalli. His appeal from the judgment following the first conviction, reported in *332242 Pa. 381, was sustained, and the judgment was reversed for errors appearing in the record. The second trial resulted, as the first, in a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, and appellant is again under sentence of death. From the judgment and sentence following the second trial we have the present appeal. The evidence was substantially the same in both trials. Some of the errors…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kilpatrick v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Commonwealth v. CateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Peiffer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Commonwealth v. RonelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Commonwealth v. GearhardtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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