Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ballem
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 25, 1956No. Appeal, 160PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,
Defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. The evidence was sufficient to prove that on or about April 28, 1954, defendant lured John Dopirak to his home for the purpose of robbing him, and that when Dopirak discovered he was trying to steal his money and accused him of it, he, Ballem, shot and killed Dopirak.
On April 27, 1954, a few days after the murder, the police at Sharon Hill found a trunk in a trolley station within the Borough. It contained two packages wrapped in plastic raincoats, each of which contained parts of a…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Harris v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NovakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. GockleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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