Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Melton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1972No. Appeal, 221PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
Rose Schloss was murdered and her husband brutally beaten when their home and delicatessen store were robbed on December 13, 1958. Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree on April 23, 1959, with a sentence of death. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was granted by the lower court, and that order was affirmed by this court, which dismissed the Commonwealth’s appeal. Commonwealth v. Melton, 402 Pa. 628, 168 A. 2d 328 (1961). On May 29, 1961, appellant pleaded guilty to murder. Thereafter, a three-judge court heard evidence…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. MeltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth v. MeltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wilson v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. MeltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. PortaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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