Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 28, 1977No. 431PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
Following a jury trial, James Lloyd Smith, Jr. was convicted of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied by the court en banc and judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. Smith appealed from the judgment of sentence, asserting seven assignments of error. We need only consider two since, for the reasons stated herein, we reverse the judgment of sentence and order a new trial. 1
At trial, the Commonwealth introduced into evidence a number of incriminatory statements given to police by Smith. Smith asserts that the court’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Judd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Jones v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. CleckleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Choi Chun Lam v. Donald Kelchner, Superintendent the District Attorney of the County of Lancaster the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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