Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chapasco
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 11, 1969No. Appeal, 24PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy,
In 1950 Harry Walter Chapasco, appellant herein, was jointly indicted with Martin Joseph Pearson and Walter John Lowry for the unlawful killing of one David Sklar during the perpetration of an armed robbery. Each of the defendants was separately tried. Each was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chapasco was convicted by a jury on June 13, 1951; in rendering its verdict the jury fixed the sentence at life imprisonment and recommended that parole should never be considered. Judgment of sentence to that effect was entered on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- United States of America Ex Rel. Anthony Scoleri v. William J. Banmiller, Warden, Eastern State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Dixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
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- United States of America Ex Rel. John Louis Mertz v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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