Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Byrd

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 3, 1980No. 273, 275PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Haddrick Byrd of murder of the second degree, robbery and conspiracy. Appellant’s post-verdict motions were denied and concurrent judgments of sentence of life imprisonment for murder and twenty years imprisonment for robbery were imposed; sentence was suspended on the conspiracy conviction. This appeal then followed. 1 We have reviewed appellant’s various claims of error and now affirm the judgments of sentence.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence for his convictions for murder of the second degree and robbery. 2…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Offutt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. FelicianoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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