Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Martin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 26, 1975No. 44PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POMEROY, Justice.
In the early morning of December 31, 1969 Joseph Ya-bl'onski, his wife Margaret and their daughter, Charlotte were shot to death as they slept in their home in Clarksville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Approximately a month later Aubran Wayne Martin, the appellant, was arrested in Ohio and charged with the murders. After extradition to Pennsylvania he was tried by a jury and on November 12, 1971 was found guilty of three counts of murder in the first degree. The jury recommended that the death penalty be imposed. Post-trial motions were denied in September, 1972 by…
2Cases cited93 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by63 opinions
- John Eldon Smith, or Anthony Isalldo MacHetti v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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- Commonwealth v. EnglandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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