Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Eiland

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 16, 1973No. Appeal, 393PublishedCited by 143 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

In November, 1971, appellant, William Eiland, was tried nonjury and adjudicated guilty of conspiracy and murder in the second degree. Sentence was deferred pending post-trial motions. Following the denial of motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment appellant was sentenced to imprisonment of three to ten years on the murder charge and received a suspended sentence on the conspiracy charge. In this direct appeal appellant alleges three errors. *

Appellant first argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support a verdict of guilty of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. BurdellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by143 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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